Data Protection

There are lots of things we need to consider in terms of data protection as teachers as we are often dealing with a lot of confidential information such as students personal details, students disclosing sensitive information, grades, disciplinary records etc.These are generic data protection considerations when working with young adults and as teachers we need to make sure all of the records we have containing details about students are kept secure. All of our information is kept under password protection or in locked filing cabinets and cupboards. We also maintain records of student disciplinaries and grades/progress, and student/group profiles on the restricted access drive not the open access one. Specific to the sports department, as we use a lot of video and photographic evidence for assessment purposes we have to ensure we get the student and parents permission for them to be photographed and for us to use these images. We also do this as we use a lot of photographs of our academy players, and games for marketing, reporting of results, and media coverage.