Data Protection - GDPR
Subject Access Request (SAR)
Under Data Protection Legislation (the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018), you have the right to a copy of your own personal data. The purpose of this right is to help people understand how and why your data is being used, and to enable you to check that we are doing it lawfully. The right applies to any whose data we process such as our students, staff, parents, and volunteers.
To submit a subject access request please complete the form below and email it to dpo@bridgeacademytrust.org or send us the request if you wish not to complete the form.
Please note: While the Trust will aim to process your request within the 30-calendar period, if no suitable ID is provided this will delay your Subject Access Request. The 30-calendar day period will not begin until suitable ID is provided. In select Subject Access Request's if a parent is requesting information about their son/daughter we may need to seek consent from the student to authorize the request.
Complaints
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) requires that we help people who want to make complaints about how we use their personal information.
If you would like to make a complaint about the way Bridge Academy Trust and/or its school's process your data, please complete this form here: Make a Complaint
We will acknowledge your compliant within 30 days and respond 'without undue delay'. For more information about our GDPR and Data Protection policies, these can be found at: Bridge Academy Trust - Trust Policies
More information is available from the Information Commissioners Office (ICO): Make a complaint about how an organisation has used your personal information | ICO
To make a complaint, please either use the link to form above or you can email your compliant to dpo@bridgeacademytrust.org
Freedom of Information (FOI)
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides the public access to information held by public authorities.
It does this in two ways:
- public authorities are obliged to publish certain information about their activities.
- members of the public are entitled to request information from public authorities.
An FOI request only covers information what the Trust currently holds. To submit an FOI request the preferred method for the requester is to send the request to dpo@bridgeacademytrust.org.
Note: If your request is about your personal information, please submit this as a subject access request.
Privacy Notices
For more information about our privacy notices please see: Privacy Notice