Manchester Academy and United Learning Trust collect, create and hold personal information relating to our pupils and may also receive information about them from their previous school, local authority and/or the Department for Education (DfE).
We also collect and hold personal information about our pupil’s parents and carers - We use this personal data to:
- Provide education services (including SEN), career services and extra-curricular activities to pupils; monitor pupils’ progress and educational needs
- To safeguard pupils’ welfare and provide appropriate pastoral (and where necessary, medical) care
- To enable pupils to take part in national or other assessments, and to publish the results of public examinations or other achievements of pupils at the school
- To maintain relationships with alumni and the school community
- For the purposes of management planning and forecasting, research and statistical analysis and to enable ULT to monitor the Academy’s performance
- To monitor use of the Academy’s IT systems in accordance with the school’s Acceptable Use Policy
- To receive information about current and prospective pupils from any educational institution that they attended
- To confirm the identity of prospective pupils and their parents
- To make use of photographic images of pupils in school publications, on the school website in accordance with the Academy’s policy on taking, storing and using images of children
- To create invoices and process payments for services such as school meals, school trips etc
- For security purposes, and for regulatory and legal purposes (for example child protection and health and safety) and to comply with its legal obligations
- To receive reports from any organisation that may be working with your child
- Where otherwise reasonably necessary for the school’s purposes, including to obtain appropriate professional advice and insurance for the Academy
- To keep you updated about the activities of the Academy including by sending updates and newsletters by email and post
- To organise trips and visits both in the UK and abroad