St Chad’s Academies Trust including all academies therein are required to keep and process certain information about its staff members, pupils and Local Academy Committee members in accordance with its legal obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Both the Trust and the academy may, from time to time, be required to share personal information about its staff (including volunteers, for the purpose of this document), pupils or Local Academy Committee members with other organisations, mainly the LA, other schools and educational bodies, outsourced providers and potentially children’s services.

The policies below are in place to ensure all staff and Local Academy Committee members are aware of their responsibilities and outlines how St Chad's Academy Trust and the academy complies with the following core principles of the GDPR.

The documents below comply with the requirements set out in the GDPR, which came into effect on 25 May 2018. The government have confirmed that the UK’s decision to leave the EU will not affect the commencement of the GDPR.