Context 
As part of our role in leading the London Thames Maths Hub, we collect and hold a certain amount of data about individuals involved in our work.
Who are we?
The London Thames Maths Hub is based at Harris Federation which is our lead school for this hub and therefore the data processor the Maths Hub programme.

 

What data do we need from you?

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• Name (including previous names) 

• Date of Birth 

• Contact information such as email address and phone number

• School name and unique reference number (URN) 

• Teacher Reference Number (TRN)

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The agreement between us and the Department of Education requires us to monitor and evaluate our work as a Maths Hub, and this is the legal basis for the data that we hold, on, for example, participation in the Work Groups that we coordinate. Such data is reported on a regular basis to the NCETM.
The London Thames Maths Hub complies with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). 

Who your personal data is available to?

 

We sometimes need to make personal data (Name, TRN and Work Email) available to other organisations in relation to the delivery of the Maths Hub Programme.
Where we need to share your personal data with others, we ensure that this data sharing complies with data protection legislation. For the purpose of the Maths Hubs programme.

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• The NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics), with whom the DfE holds a contract to coordinate and manage the Maths Hubs programme, is a data processor;

• Maths Hubs, with whom the DfE holds individual grants with each Maths Hub Lead School to carry out activities aligned with the aims of the Maths Hubs programme, are data processors.

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As such, personal data collected by Maths Hubs that is relevant to the successful coordination and delivery of the Maths Hubs programme will be shared with the DfE, the NCETM, and other Maths Hub Lead Schools. Such data may also be shared with an independent evaluator of the Maths Hubs programme and Teaching for Mastery programme.

The DfE reserves the right to share your personal data with new Lead Schools where additional Maths Hubs are appointed or where a Lead School is de-designated and Lead School status is transferred. The DfE also reserves the right to share your personal data with any organisation or consortium that holds a future contract with the DfE to coordinate and manage the Maths Hubs programme.

How long will we keep your personal data?
The Department will only keep your personal data for the lifetime of the Maths Hubs programme and, where relevant, Teaching for Mastery programme plus 6 months, after which point it will be securely destroyed. Please note that, under Data Protection legislation, and in compliance with the relevant data processing conditions, personal data can be kept for longer periods of time when processed purely for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research, and statistical purposes.

What are your data protection rights?
London Thames Maths Hub would like to make sure you are aware of your data protection rights

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• To ask us to access information about you that we hold. 

• To have your personal data rectified, if it is inaccurate or incomplete. 

• To request the deletion or removal of personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing. 

• To restrict our processing of your personal data (for example, permitting its storage but no further processing) 

• To object to direct marketing (including profiling) and processing for the purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics 

• Not to be subject to decisions based purely on automated processing where it produces a legal or similarity significant effect on you. 

 

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Further information about your data protection rights appears on the Information Commissioner’s website at:  Guide to Data Protection | ICO  Individual rights | ICO

Withdrawal of consent and the right to lodge a complaint:

Where we are processing your personal data with your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent. If you change your mind, or you are unhappy with our use of your personal data, please let us know by contacting the Maths Hub Lead School and state the name of this project.

 

Alternatively, you have the right to raise any concerns with the information of the Commissioners office (ICO) via their website: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

 

Last updated:

We may need to update this privacy notice periodically, so we recommend that you revisit this information from time to time. This version was last updated: September 2023.

Contact Info:
If you have any questions about how your personal information will be used, please contact the Maths Hub Lead School and enter “Maths Hub privacy notice” as a reference. For the DfE’s Data Protection Officer (DPO), please contact us via gov.uk and mark it for the attention of the ‘DPO’.

 

London Thames Maths Hub

Harris Federation​

Wellesley Road, Croydon

CR0 1LH

 

The Data Protection Officer can be contacted via DPO@harrisfederation.org.uk