Data protection Privacy Notice
The Welsh Government implemented a new process for data collection on attendance from Monday 28 September as they need data on a regular basis to understand overall attendance patterns and to identify the characteristics of pupils who are not attending.
The following data will now be collected for the purpose of this project:
o UPN
o Forename
o Middle name(s)
o Surname
o Gender
o DOB
o Home postcode
o Ethnic background
o Eligibility for free school meals
o Additional learning needs
o English as an additional language
o Attendance code for each half day session
The information will be collected automatically through the Schools’ Management Information Systems (MIS). They have requested that schools ensure that all parents and carers are made aware of this new data collection. The privacy notice attached will provide further information on how the data will be used in the new process. This Privacy Notice can also be found under the following page on our website Policies and Privacy Notices