Your privacy is important

This statement outlines the Schools' policy on how the School uses and manages personal information provided to or collected by it. The School is bound by the National Privacy Principles contained in the Commonwealth Privacy Act.

The School may, from time to time, review and update this Privacy Policy to take account of new laws and technology, changes to Schools' operations and practices and to make sure it remains appropriate to the changing school environment.

What kind of personal information does the School collect and how does the School collect it? The type of information the School collects and holds includes (but is not limited to) personal information, including sensitiveinformation, about:

pupils and parents and/or guardians before, during and after the course of a pupil's enrolment at the School;

job applicants, staff members, volunteers and contractors; and. other people who come into contact with the School.

Personal Information you provide:

The School will generally collect personal information held about an individual by way of forms filled out by Parents or pupils, face-to-face meetings and interviews, and telephone calls. On occasions people other than Parents and pupils provide personal information.

Personal Information provided by other people: In some circumstances the School may be provided with personal information about an individual from a third party, for example a report provided by a medical professional or a reference from another school.

Exception in relation to employee records:

Under the Privacy Act the National Privacy Principles do not apply to an employee
record. As a result, this Privacy Policy does not apply to the School's treatment of an employee record, where the treatment is directly related to a current or former employment relationship between the School and employee.

How will the School use the personal information you provide?

The School will use personal information it collects from you for the primary purpose of collection, and for such other secondary purposes that are related to the primary purpose of collection and reasonably expected, or to which you have consented.

Pupils and Parents:

In relation to personal information of pupils and Parents, the School's primary purpose of collection is to enable the School to provide schooling for the pupil. This includes satisfying both the needs of Parents and the needs of the pupil throughout the whole period the pupil is enrolled at the School.

The purposes for which the school uses personal information of pupils and Parents include:

.to keep Parents informed about matters related to their child's schooling, through correspondence, newsletters and magazines;

day-to-day administration;

looking after pupils' educational, social and medical wellbeing;

seeking donations and marketing for the School;

to satisfy the School's legal obligations and allow the School to discharge its duty of care.

In some cases where the School requests personal information about a pupil or Parent, if the information requested is not obtained, the School may not be able to enrol or continue the enrolment of the pupil.

Job applicants, staff members and contractors: In relation to personal information of job applicants, staff members andcontractors, the School's primary purpose of collection is to assess and (if successful) to engage the applicant, staff member or contractor, as the case may be.

The purposes for which the School uses personal information of job applicants, staff members and contractors include:

in administering the individual's employment or contract, as the case may be;
. for insurance purposes;

seeking funds and marketing for the School;

to satisfy the School's legal obligations, for example, in relation to child protection legislation.

Volunteers:

The School also obtains personal information about volunteers who assist the School in its functions or conduct associated activities, such as [alumni associations], to enable the School and the volunteers to work together.

Marketing and fundraising:

The School treats marketing and seeking donations for the future growth and development of the School as an important part of ensuring that the School continues to be a quality learning environment in which both pupils and staff thrive.

Personal information held by the School may be disclosed to an organisation that assists in the School's fundraising, for example, the School's Foundation or alumni organisation.
Parents, staff, contractors and other members of the wider School community may from time to time receive fundraising information.

School publications, like newsletters and magazines, which include personal information, may be used for marketing purposes.