Safeguarding
Keep it Safe: GDPR Awareness for School Transport Staff
Keep pupils' addresses, medical details and family information safe on the school run, and know what to do if something slips out.
- 25 minutes
- 4 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Recognise what counts as personal data in a transport role
- Take extra care with health, SEND and family information
- Answer a parent's questions about other children politely, without sharing anything
- Keep route sheets, phones and messages secure, and never photograph pupils
- Report a suspected data breach to your manager straight away
About this course
If you drive or escort pupils, you carry more personal data than you might think. There's the route sheet with home addresses, the risk assessment listing a child's medical needs, the parent who mentions a change at home. GDPR covers all of it, written down or not.
This GDPR training for school transport staff explains what counts as personal data on the route, and why health, SEND and family details need extra care. It works through situations you'll recognise. A pupil asks about the child sitting next to them. A parent at the pick-up point wants to know who else is in the taxi. You'd love to post a photo of a nice moment on the route.
If something does go wrong, you'll know to tell your manager straight away. Some breaches have to be reported to the Information Commissioner's Office within 72 hours, so don't wait and see.
- For support staff. All phases.
4 modules
Open in order
- 5 min
What is GDPR and why does it matter to me?
- 5 min
What counts as personal data?
- 8 min
Confidentiality on the route
- 8 min
If something goes wrong