I am a Principal – how should I manage information on students with SEN that I receive on transition, vis-à-vis data protection legislation?
Schools should act in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Acts (1998 and 2003) in relation to the management of information on individual students. An advisory notice was sent to schools by the Department of Education and Science in 2003 informing them of their obligations under this legislation and advised that a written data protection policy should be put in place. The Data Protection Commissioner has produced A Guide for Data Controllers (PDF – 109 KB) and an informal guide to the data protection legislation which can be viewed here.
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