For more information about services for young people, please visit Cumbria County Council’s website: www.cumbria.gov.uk/ The National Pupil Database (NPD) The NPD is owned and managed by the DfE and contains information about students in schools in England. It provides evidence on educational performance to inform independent research, as well as studies commissioned by the DfE. It is held in electronic format for statistical purposes. This information is securely collected from a range of sources including schools, local authorities and awarding bodies. We are required by law, to provide information about our children to the DfE as part of statutory data collections such as the school census and early years’ census. Some of this information is then stored in the NPD. The law that allows this is the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2013. To find out more about the NPD go to: information. The DfE may share information about our students from the NPD with third parties who promote the education or well-being of children in England by: conducting research or analysis producing statistics providing information, advice or guidance The DfE has robust processes in place to ensure the confidentiality of our data is maintained and there are stringent controls in place regarding access and use of the data. Decisions on whether the DfE releases data to third parties are subject to an approval process and based on a detailed assessment of: who is requesting the data the purpose for which it is required the level and sensitivity of data requested and the arrangements in place to store and handle the data To be granted access to children information, organisations must comply with strict terms and conditions covering the confidentiality and handling of the data, security arrangements and retention and use of the data. For more information about the DfE’s data sharing process go to: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection-how-we-collect-and-share-research-data
For more information about services for young people, please visit Cumbria County Council’s website: www.cumbria.gov.uk/ The National Pupil Database (NPD) The NPD is owned and managed by the DfE and contains information about students in schools in England. It provides evidence on educational performance to inform independent research, as well as studies commissioned by the DfE. It is held in electronic format for statistical purposes. This information is securely collected from a range of sources including schools, local authorities and awarding bodies. We are required by law, to provide information about our children to the DfE as part of statutory data collections such as the school census and early years’ census. Some of this information is then stored in the NPD. The law that allows this is the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2013. To find out more about the NPD go to: information. The DfE may share information about our students from the NPD with third parties who promote the education or well-being of children in England by: conducting research or analysis producing statistics providing information, advice or guidance The DfE has robust processes in place to ensure the confidentiality of our data is maintained and there are stringent controls in place regarding access and use of the data. Decisions on whether the DfE releases data to third parties are subject to an approval process and based on a detailed assessment of: who is requesting the data the purpose for which it is required the level and sensitivity of data requested and the arrangements in place to store and handle the data To be granted access to children information, organisations must comply with strict terms and conditions covering the confidentiality and handling of the data, security arrangements and retention and use of the data. For more information about the DfE’s data sharing process go to: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection-how-we-collect-and-share-research-data