We may share information with the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) when they inspect the Children’s centre to ensure we are delivering our services to you effectively. Ofsted don’t process any information about individual children, but it does use information about our activities to help make decisions about the quality of our services.
Funded childcare: the team provides childcare settings/provider’s with access to an online eligibility checking service allowing checks to be made as to whether your child is eligible for a free 2, 3 or 4 year old early learning placement. In this respect, Middlesbrough Council is a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We receive data from the national Eligibility Checking Service (ECS) about eligible children which we must share with early learning providers in Middlesbrough in order to deliver an effective service. Information we hold about you includes your name, address, contact details, email address, date of birth, National Insurance number and/or NASS number and your child’s name, address and date of birth.
The data you provide will only be stored on the Council’s Capita electronic system and be used to:
- Correspond with you regarding your application
- Check with the appropriate Government departments (HMRC and DWP) whether your child is eligible to receive a free early learning childcare placement
- Inform early year’s providers if there is a change in the child’s entitlement status
- Ensure accuracy of records across the Local Authority and to check against fraud
Data agreements are in place to ensure that:
- Only nominated representatives are able to access eligibility information
- The data cannot be used in any way that would affect an individual’s entitlement to benefits or services, other than the intended application for a free early learning placement
- The data in any published reports is anonymised and it will be impossible for any individuals to be identified
- All data is transferred, handled and stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act
- Appropriate measures are in place to prevent unauthorised access and use of your data