SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Exemptions etc from the GDPR: health, social work, education and child abuse data

PART 4Education data

16Educational records

1

This paragraph applies to a record of information which—

a

is processed by or on behalf of the Board of Governors, proprietor or trustees of, or a teacher at, a school in Northern Ireland specified in sub-paragraph (3),

b

relates to an individual who is or has been a pupil at the school, and

c

originated from, or was supplied by or on behalf of, any of the persons specified in sub-paragraph (4).

2

But this paragraph does not apply to information which is processed by a teacher solely for the teacher’s own use.

3

The schools referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) are—

a

a grant-aided school;

b

an independent school.

4

The persons referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c) are—

a

a teacher at the school;

b

an employee of the Education Authority, other than a teacher at the school;

c

an employee of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, other than a teacher at the school;

d

the pupil to whom the record relates;

5

In this paragraph, “grant-aided school”, “independent school”, “proprietor” and “trustees” have the same meaning as in the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)).