To be honest until recently I wouldn’t have even been able to tell you what the letters stood for let alone what I should be doing about it. But as time has rolled on and I have received yet more unsolicited emails about the General Data Protection Regulation (yes, that’s what it is) the well of anxiety has now reached the level where I thought we should do something.

But, this week is different. I found the easy way in and watched Peter Cowley’s video. This is a good starting place and I recommend you watch it together with a couple of key staff who will help you to take it forward. In my case this is Lisa, a key member of the admin team and Mei-Ling, our IT teaching assistant (who has excellent project management skills from a previous life!).

We will be keeping a diary over the next few weeks of how we get on with tackling GDPR and hopefully, by the end of the process, create something that is statutorily compliant and manageable. We will also share the documents we create as well as the questions we need to tackle whilst taking this very broad piece of legislation and making it relevant to our school – a three form entry primary in Twickenham.

We hope you find it helpful.

Andrew King – Headteacher