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Governance Services Privacy Notice

Bolton Council has core data protection obligations and commitments which are set out in the council’s primary privacy notice at www.bolton.gov.uk . The Governance Services Team has a separate notice which provides additional privacy information for people accessing Governance Services and partners working with Bolton Council.

It describes how we collect, use and share personal information about our governors, trustees and leaders in relation to Governance Services and the types of personal information we need to process. The information we hold will vary dependent on the services used and relate to matters of school or academy governance only, for example, providing clerking and training services, booking on training and development sessions and applying to become a school governor.

It is important that you read this notice, together with any other privacy information we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal information about you, so that you are aware of how and why we are using such information.

Throughout the spring term, we will request all service users to complete an eligibility and privacy consent form. This will ensure that the information we hold is correct and up to date.

If you have any specific questions relating to the privacy notice, please contact John Ashworth, Governance Services Manager via email at john.ashworth@botlon.gov.uk or via telephone on 01204 338603.

A copy of the privacy notice may be downloaded below.

Recruiting a Head Teacher – DfE Guidance

This publication provides non-statutory guidance from the Department for Education and replaced ‘A guide to recruiting and selecting a new head teacher’ published in 2012.

The guidance aims to support the recruitment and selection of head teachers in England and should be read in combination with the head teacher recruitment toolkit.

The guidance has been produced jointly with the National Governance Association (NGA), with support from the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), Freedom and Autonomy for Schools – National Association (FASNA), the Local Government Association (LGA) and a range of other stakeholders.

The guidance and recruitment toolkit can be downloaded directly from the www.gov.uk website using the following LINK