#16 Chase Bridge Home/School Agreement

Although there is no longer a statutory requirement for home/school agreement we still maintain our at Chase Bridge. We think it’s a good way of reminding ourselves of our shared values and ways that different sections of the school community work together, as well as inducting new staff and families.

So, why is a home/school agreement part of a GDPR blog?!  Our document has been updated to include reference to data, privacy, sharing of information – all the GDPR things that we have been trying to address – for parents, staff, children and governors. It is just a way we have found of systematising and communicating our practice, trying to ensure universal coverage where no one gets missed out. Hope you find it useful.

#15 Getting a Response

If you’ve been following our blog you’ll know that we decided we would only need to ask for consent in relation to the use of photos and videos by the school. We’ve sent out a letter with a link to a Google Form we’ve set up (click on the link to have a look https://goo.gl/forms/9DPCFnlJu43e3eQw1 ). So far we’ve had 83% of parents responding – which still leaves 17% (we’re good at maths at Chase Bridge!) – trying to get a response from all parents is always a challenge but we have found the Google form an effective way of doing this.

The question now is how to follow up on the slow responders. Is it OK for us to say something like “please respond by such-and-such a date otherwise we will assume that your consent has been given”? I don’t know: we’ll need to do some more thinking on that one …