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Data Protection Privacy Notice for Students and Parents

Last update: 6 November 2026 | Next update: 6 November 2029 

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About this notice

This notice explains how ELATT collects, uses, stores and shares personal information about students and, where relevant, their parents or carers.

It applies to prospective, current and former students. Information about parents and carers is generally collected where this is relevant to a student aged under 18, or where a student has asked us to record a parent or carer as a contact.

Separate privacy information is available about general use of the ELATT website and about ELATT staff and job applicants.

Who we are

East London Advanced Technology Training, known as ELATT, is a registered charity, charity number 299186, and a company limited by guarantee, company number 01812908.

ELATT is the data controller for the personal information covered by this notice.

ELATT
260 Kingsland Road
London E8 4DG

ELATT’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted at:

Use this address if you have questions about your personal information, wish to exercise your data-protection rights or want to make a complaint.

Information we collect

The information we collect depends on the course or service you receive and the requirements applying to it.

For students, this may include:

  • name, address, date of birth and contact details;
  • emergency and next-of-kin contact details;
  • Unique Learner Number and other identifiers;
  • National Insurance number where required;
  • nationality and residency information;
  • previous education, qualifications and employment information;
  • course, enrolment and funding information;
  • attendance and reasons for absence;
  • assessments, qualifications, examination results and learning progress;
  • learning-support and additional-needs information;
  • destination and progression information after leaving ELATT;
  • information about employment, self-employment, apprenticeships, work placements and progression where required by the relevant programme;
  • safeguarding, pastoral, behaviour and welfare information;
  • information about your use of ELATT’s network, accounts, devices and internet connection;
  • photographs and recordings;
  • information needed to administer trips, enrichment activities and other services; and
  • information needed to meet funding, audit, regulatory, research and evaluation requirements.


Some information requires additional protection under data-protection law. This may include information about:

  • racial or ethnic origin;
  • religious or philosophical beliefs;
  • health or disability;
  • sexual orientation; and
  • other information treated as special-category information under the UK GDPR.


We collect only information relevant to the services we provide or the requirements applying to us.

Information about parents and carers

For parents and carers, particularly where a student is under 18, we may hold:

  • name;
  • address;
  • telephone number and email address;
  • relationship to the student;
  • emergency-contact information; and
  • other information relevant to the student’s education, safeguarding, welfare or support.


We do not routinely collect detailed information about parents and carers where it is not necessary.

Where we obtain information

Most of the information we hold comes directly from students or, where appropriate, their parents or carers.

We may also receive information from:

  • previous education or training providers;
  • local authorities;
  • the Department for Education;
  • the Greater London Authority;
  • employers;
  • the Department for Work and Pensions and Jobcentre Plus;
  • awarding organisations;
  • support services; and
  • other organisations involved in a student’s education, funding, safeguarding or support.


We also create information through our own systems and services. This includes attendance, assessment and progress records and records created through ELATT’s internet-filtering, monitoring and information-security systems.

Why we use your information

We use student and parent information to:

  • process applications and enrolments;
  • provide education and training;
  • support learning and monitor progress;
  • record and manage attendance;
  • arrange assessments, examinations and qualifications;
  • provide learning support, pastoral support and enrichment activities;
  • safeguard students and support their health, safety and wellbeing;
  • communicate with students and, where appropriate, parents or carers;
  • monitor equality of opportunity and meet equality and accessibility responsibilities;
  • administer publicly funded education and training;
  • check eligibility for funding and services;
  • make and evidence funding claims;
  • administer bursaries, travel support and other student support;
  • monitor the quality and effectiveness of our provision;
  • meet contractual, regulatory, inspection, audit and assurance requirements;
  • record and verify education, employment and progression outcomes;
  • prevent and detect fraud and incorrect or duplicate funding claims;
  • undertake or support appropriate research, monitoring and evaluation;
  • filter and monitor use of ELATT’s network, accounts, devices and internet connection;
  • protect students, ELATT’s systems and ELATT’s information;
  • meet safeguarding and Prevent responsibilities;
  • investigate potentially unsafe, inappropriate or unlawful activity; and
  • establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

Information you must provide

If you enrol on publicly funded provision, ELATT must collect the learner information required by the relevant funding arrangements, including information required for the Individualised Learner Record.

If you do not provide information that is required, we may be unable to enrol you on the course, claim funding for your learning or continue providing the funded course.

We will tell you where information is optional.

Our lawful bases for using your information

We must have a lawful basis whenever we use personal information.

Purpose

Purpose

Processing applications, enrolling students and providing education, training and support

Legitimate interests, including delivering ELATT’s charitable education and training services. Contract may apply where processing is necessary to provide an agreed service to the student.

Administering funded courses, checking eligibility, making funding claims and evidencing delivery and outcomes

Legitimate interests, including administering funded provision, complying with funding conditions and demonstrating the proper use of public funds. Legal obligation applies where a specific law requires the processing.

Safeguarding students and responding to welfare concerns

Legal obligation, legitimate interests, recognised legitimate interests for safeguarding vulnerable individuals, or vital interests, depending on the circumstances.

Meeting ELATT’s Prevent responsibilities

Legal obligation under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 and associated statutory responsibilities.

Maintaining attendance, assessment, progress and quality records

Legitimate interests, including providing effective education, supporting students and maintaining appropriate educational records.

Monitoring equality of opportunity and meeting equality responsibilities

Legitimate interests and legal obligation, where equality legislation requires the processing.

Research, monitoring and evaluation

Legitimate interests, including evaluating ELATT’s provision, measuring the effect of funded programmes and improving services.

Operating and protecting ELATT’s educational, administrative and information-security systems

Legitimate interests, including operating secure and effective systems.

Filtering and monitoring internet, network, account and device use

Legitimate interests, including safeguarding, online safety, IT security and investigating potentially unsafe or inappropriate use. Legal obligation or recognised legitimate interests may apply where the processing relates to Prevent, safeguarding children or safeguarding adults at risk.

Establishing, exercising or defending legal rights

Legitimate interests, including protecting ELATT’s legal position and responding to claims or disputes.

Optional activities where you are given a genuine choice

Consent.

Where ELATT relies on legitimate interests, those interests are identified in the table above.

We will not rely on consent where you have no genuine choice or where information is required for legal, safeguarding, funding or contractual reasons.

Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.

More information pending...

This should be added by 12/11/2026.

ESFA Description Details

Subject matter of the Processing
The subject matter is the personal data of Learners on education or training programmes administered by the ESFA that are subject to this Agreement as defined in the ESFA privacy notice and ILR specification and its appendices.

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