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Parents
and pupils have a right of access to school records.
The
Data Protection Act gives all school students, regardless of age, the
right of access to their school pupil records.
You
can view the regulations here
The
Data protection Act says:
"Requests to see or receive copies of records should be made in
writing to head teachers.
In addition to the right to be given a copy of the educational record,
students are entitled to be given a description of the personal data
which makes up the record, together with details of the purposes for
which the data are processed, the sources of the data (if known) and
the individuals or organisations to which the data may have been disclosed.
A period of up to 15 school days are allowed in which to respond to
a subject access request. (The equivalent period for other types of
record is up to 40 days)
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If
asked to provide a hard copy of the record, a fee may be charged according
to the number of pages. (See below for the scale of charges.)"
"Parents
rights In addition to the subject access right which can be exercised
by pupils or by parents acting on behalf of pupils,
parents
have their own independent right of access to the official educational
records of their children under the separate education regulations referred
to in footnote 1. In essence the information to which parents are entitled
and the exemptions are the same as for pupils although there is no parental
right of access to information which does not form part of the official
record.
Requests
to see or receive copies of the educational records of their children
should be made in writing to head teachers. If asked to supply a hard
copy of the record, a fee covering the cost of supplying the information,
may be charged."
Additionally
other records may be obtained by right from either the LEA or the Social
Services should either of these agencies become involved for the Data
protection website see here
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