Data protection

We provide a wide range of data protection solutions targeted at maintained schools, academies, and education providers at affordable prices to suit your budget.

Our experience is in education. We equip our customers with the tools and support needed to manage their journey to  compliance. From routine questions to complex data subject access requests, we are on hand to support you, every step of the way. Our DPO is qualified to offer advice and guidance on complex and difficult cases.

We understand schools have tight budgets and in many cases very limited expertise in data protection, so we offer a full range of packages to suit different needs and budgets.

This Outsourced DPO subscription renewal package
provides continuous support and covers all your data
protection requirements:

• Annual data protection compliance review
• Provision of regular compliance reports for governing body and SLT
• Telephone and email advice helpline
• Data protection training material
• Advice when handling requests and complaints
• Scheduled compliance meetings
• Handling ICO correspondence
• Revised policies, templates, posters and bulletins
• Complaints management
• Monthly reports to the school’s SLT
• Refresher training to staff and/or governors

New subscribing schools will benefit from our revised DPO
Service, which includes:

• GDPR Assessment Audit with a full report and action plan
• Creation or review of a Record of Processing Activity inventory RoPA log (data mapping inventory)
• Compliance reports for governing body and SLT
• Telephone and email advice helpline
• Advice when handling requests and complaints
• Data protection training material
• Scheduled compliance meetings
• Handling ICO correspondence
• Numerous policies, templates, posters and bulletins
• Complaints management
• Monthly reporting to the school’s SLT
• Provision of regular compliance reports
• Refresher training to staff and/or governors
• Staff awareness training

• GDPR Assessment Audit with a full report and action plan
• Creation or review of RPA log (Data Mapping Inventory)

• Saves you time, money and effort trying to interpret complex and extensive legislation
• Expert advice and guidance to hand, helping you avoid huge fines and compensation claims for data protection breaches
• Access to a highly-experienced Data Protection Officer
• Ready-made policies, guidance and templates
• Avoids the need to recruit a dedicated data protection expert, or re-train (and qualify) an existing employee to take on the new  legal duties

If an outsourced DPO provision is not right for you, have you considered our range of supporting resources for your school-based DPO. We have solutions to meet all of your DPO support needs and enable your school to meet their GDPR obligations.

DPO Toolkit

• Templates and exemplar policies
• Staff awareness online learning
• Termly newsletters
• Access to qualified DPO for advice and support via email/phone (6hrs)
• Access to termly DPO network meetings

UKGDPR whole-school awareness training

• One year’s annual subscription to online learning, written by our qualified DPO.

DPO networking forum (termly)

• DPO network forum (held termly) - An opportunity for your school to continuously improve and develop your DPO’s data  protection knowledge (a requirement of UKGDPR) to better support your school and a chance for your DPO to meet other school DPOs and share their knowledge and expertise.

DPO Cover Service

• Our qualified DPO can provide sickness and absence cover in your school.

Bespoke Consultancy

• Data breach support
• Data protection impact assessment support
• DPO recruitment support
• Subject access request support
• Face-to-face bespoke training (to SLT, governors, ALL staff)

• Enable your school to meet their GDPR obligations
• Support your school DPO to ensure that they maintain and develop their expert knowledge of data protection law and practices - a requirement of GDPR
• Assist your school DPO to ensure compliance with all relevant data protection legislation
• Provide your school DPO with a trusted point of contact offering support and advice as and when required