Privacy & Cookies Policy
Last Updated: Monday 9 February 2026
Bloom Academy respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with UK GDPR and applicable data protection laws.
Privacy
What Information We Collect, Use, and Why
We collect or use the following information for student education and welfare:
- Names and contact details for students/children
- Names and contact details for parents, guardians, carers
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints, or claims:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Payment Details
We collect or use the following information for information updates or marketing purposes:
- Names and contact details
- Marketing preferences
Lawful Bases and Data Protection Rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
- Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for.
- Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information.
- Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information.
- Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
- Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you.
- Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month. To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the bottom of this privacy notice.
Our Lawful Bases for the Collection and Use of Your Data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for student education and welfare are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for information updates or marketing purposes are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Where We Get Personal Information From
- Directly from you
- Parents or carers
How Long We Keep Information
Retention Schedule: TBC
For more information on how long we store your personal information or the criteria we use to determine this please contact us using the details provided above.
Who We Share Information With
- No one
How to Complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
Contact Details
Email us at: zayneb@bloomacademy.uk
