North Somerset Council is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office for the purposes of processing personal data. The school admissions service is administrated on behalf of North Somerset Council by our partner Agilisys.
Privacy notice – school admissions
The information you provide will be held and used in accordance with the requirements of UK and European data protection law. The information will form part of your school admissions account, which will be held until the child leaves that educational stage (for example until they leave primary school, until they leave secondary school).
Unless otherwise agreed with you, we will only collect the minimum personal data required to deliver the service, which includes child’s name date of birth and home address, applicant's name, address and contact information, and details of medical conditions, including mental capacity. It does not include information relating to criminal convictions or offences.
The information will be used for the administration of school admissions; our statutory duty under the School Admissions Code December 2014 (GDPR Article 6(1)(c)). The processing of the special category data is lawful under Article 9(2)(g) of GDPR, as it is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, in accordance with the School Admissions Code, to ensure adequate school and transport arrangements for your child.
We will not use your personal information in a way that may cause you unwarranted nuisance. Failure to provide the information could result in the school application not being processed.
The information provided may be shared with schools, other council departments, other councils, North Somerset Community Partnership and early years settings (for example pre-schools), who have demonstrated that they have a lawful and legitimate interest in the information. The information will be used for the purposes of processing applications to schools, determining home to school transport entitlements throughout the time the pupil is at the registered setting, verifying the accuracy of the application, processing applications to schools in other councils, delivering school nursing services, to confirm if an application has been submitted and so that the setting and school can communicate to ensure a smooth transition for your child and to fulfil our statutory duties under the School Admissions Code December 2014. At no point is your data shared or processed outside of the UK.
We may lawfully disclose information to public sector agencies to prevent or detect fraud or other crime, or to support the national fraud initiatives and protect public funds under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Under the conditions of the Digital Economy Act 2017, we may also share personal data provided to us with other public authorities as defined in the Act, for the purposes of fraud or crime detection or prevention, to recover monies owed to us, to improve public service delivery, or for statistical research. We do not share the information with other organisations for commercial purposes.
You have the right to see the personal data we process about you, as well as the right of rectification and restriction to destruction of records.
If you have any questions or concerns about the way we process your personal data, contact our Data Protection Officer at DPO@n-somerset.gov.uk.