Learning research: privacy notice

Introduction

Information we obtain through research and hold about children and young people educated in, and the workforce of, Scotland’s schools

Privacy Notice

The Scottish Government’s Education Analytical Services, which is part of the Scottish Government’s Learning Directorate, has legal powers to request data with regards children and young people educated in, and the workforce of, Scotland’s schools that schools, local authorities, awarding bodies (such as the Scottish Qualifications Authority) and other public bodies (such as Skills Development Scotland) hold for their own purposes. This Privacy notice relates to our Social Research activity, which involves the collection of quantitative and qualitative data, and, from time-to-time, data linkage with other statistical collections collected by Education Analytical Services

For more information on the legislation which allows this to occur, see:

• The Education (Scotland) Act 1980
• The Jordanhill School Grant Regulations 1988
• The Special Schools (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1990
• Education (Scotland) Act 1996
• Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000
• Local Government in Scotland Act 2003
• Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014