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Website privacy notice

This notice explains how Errington Primary School uses personal information collected through this website. It was last updated on 1 October 2026.

For how we use information about pupils, parents, carers and staff more generally, read the trust’s students, parents and guardians privacy notice and workforce privacy notice.

Who we are

Errington Primary School is part of Atomix Educational Trust. The trust is the data controller for the personal information described here. Atomix Educational Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, company number 10743632. Registered office: Church Walk, Guisborough TS14 6BU.

Data protection officer

Our data protection officer is Veritau Ltd, West Offices, Station Rise, York YO1 6GA. Email trustsDPO@veritau.co.uk or call 01904 554025. You can also email the trust at gdpr@atomix.ac.uk.

What we collect and why

  • If you use the contact form, we collect your name, email address and message, and use them to answer your enquiry. Messages are sent by email to the school office and are not stored on the website.
  • If you email or phone us using the details on this website, we use what you send us to answer your enquiry.
  • The contact form uses Google reCAPTCHA to stop spam. It only loads on the contact page.
  • Our hosting provider records technical information about visits, such as IP address, the page requested and browser type, to keep the website secure.
  • We record the choice you make about cookies so we do not ask you again. See our cookie policy.
  • If you accept analytics cookies, Google Analytics collects information about how the website is used, such as the pages visited and how people found the site. We only look at this information in summary form, to improve the website.

Our lawful basis

We use this information to carry out our public task as a school: giving families and the public information about the school, answering enquiries and keeping the website secure (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(e)). Analytics cookies are set only with your consent (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(a) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).

Who we share it with

  • Krystal Hosting Ltd, a UK company that hosts this website on our behalf.
  • Microsoft, which provides the trust’s email service.
  • Google, which provides reCAPTCHA and the map on the contact page, and Google Analytics if you accept analytics cookies. Google receives your IP address and browser information when these load, and may process it outside the UK under safeguards approved for international transfers. Google’s privacy policy applies to that information.

We do not sell your information or use it for marketing, and we do not use it to make automated decisions about you.

How long we keep it

Enquiries are kept in line with the trust’s records management policy and deleted when no longer needed. Server logs are kept by our hosting provider for security purposes for a limited period. Analytics data is kept for 14 months.

Your rights

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you, and to ask us to correct it, delete it or restrict how we use it. You can also object to how we use it. To make a request, email gdpr@atomix.ac.uk or contact the data protection officer.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have used your information, contact the data protection officer first. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint, telephone 0303 123 1113.

Cookies

Read our cookie policy for the cookies this website uses.