Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice: Maths Hubs Programme

Who we are:
This work is being carried out by your Maths Hub Lead School, which holds a grant
with the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver the Maths Hub programme.
For the purpose of data protection legislation, the DfE is the data controller, and the
Maths Hub Lead School is the data processor for the personal data processed as
part of the Maths Hubs programme.

How we will use your information:
The Maths Hub Lead School collects and processes your personal data on behalf of
the DfE for the following purposes:
− To enable the lead school to carry out specific functions for which they are
responsible
− To enable the Lead School to correspond with you about any Maths Hub
project you have registered for
− To enable the Lead School to send you information on Continued
Professional Development (CPD) opportunities offered by Maths Hubs
− To evaluate and assess performance of Maths Hub projects
− To derive anonymised statistics which inform programme funding and
strategic decisions about Maths Hubs and Teaching for Mastery within DfE,
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) and
the Maths Hub Lead School.

More information about this work is available at www.gov.uk/guidance/get-support-
from-your-local-maths-hub, www.mathshubs.org.uk/, and www.ncetm.org.uk/.

The nature of your personal data we will be using:
The categories of your personal data that the Maths Hub Lead School will collect,
process, hold and share for this project may include:
− Name (including previous names)
− Date of Birth
− Contact information such as email address and phone number
− School name and unique reference number (URN)
− Teacher Reference Number (TRN).

Why our use of your personal data is lawful:
In order for our use of your personal data to be lawful, we need to meet one (or
more) conditions in the data protection legislation. For the purpose of the Maths
Hubs and Teaching for Mastery programmes, processing is necessary for the
performance of a task carried out in the public interest, as defined in Article 6 (1)(e)
of the GDPR.

Who we will make your personal data available to:
We sometimes need to make personal data available to other organisations. These
might include contracted partners (who we have employed to process your personal
data on our behalf) and/or other organisations (with whom we need to share your
personal data for specific purposes).

Where we need to share your personal data with others, we ensure that this data
sharing complies with data protection legislation. For the purpose of the Maths Hubs
programme:
− NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics), with
whom the DfE holds a contract to coordinate and manage the Maths Hubs
programme, is a data processor.
− Maths Hubs, with whom the DfE holds individual grants with each Maths Hub
Lead School to carry out activities aligned with the aims of the Maths Hubs
programme, are data processors.
As such, personal data collected by Maths Hubs that is relevant to the successful
coordination and delivery of the Maths Hubs programme will be shared with the DfE,
the NCETM, and other Maths Hub Lead Schools. Such data may also be shared with
an independent evaluator of the Maths Hubs programme and Teaching for Mastery
programme.

The DfE reserves the right to share your personal data with new lead schools where
additional Maths Hubs are appointed or where a lead school is de-designated and
lead school status is transferred. The DfE also reserves the right to share your
personal data with any organisation or consortium that holds a future contract with
the DfE to coordinate and manage the Maths Hubs programme or with an
independent body who will use the data to evaluate the work of the programme.

Transfer to Countries Outside the European Union:
Your personal data will not be transferred outside of United Kingdom or the
European Union.
How long we will keep your personal data:
The Department will only keep your personal data for the lifetime of the Maths Hubs
programme and, where relevant, Teaching for Mastery programme plus 6 months,
after which point it will be securely destroyed. Please note that, under Data
Protection legislation, and in compliance with the relevant data processing
conditions, personal data can be kept for longer periods of time when processed
purely for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research,
and statistical purposes.

Your data protection rights:
Under certain circumstances, you have the right:
• to ask us for access to information about you that we hold
• to have your personal data rectified, if it is inaccurate or incomplete
• to request the deletion or removal of personal data where there is no
compelling reason for its continued processing
• to restrict our processing of your personal data (for example, permitting its
storage but no further processing)
• to object to direct marketing (including profiling) and processing for the
purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics
• not to be subject to decisions based purely on automated processing where it
produces a legal or similarly significant effect on you
Please contact the Maths Hub Lead School regarding any of the above Find your
hub | NCETM
Further information about your data protection rights appears on the Information
Commissioner’s website at: Guide to Data Protection | ICO and Individual rights |
ICO

Withdrawal of consent and the right to lodge a complaint:
Where we are processing your personal data with your consent, you have the right to
withdraw that consent. If you change your mind, or you are unhappy with our use of
your personal data, please let us know by contacting the Maths Hub Lead School
and state the name of this project.

Alternatively, you have the right to raise any concerns with the Information
Commissioner’s Office (ICO) via their website at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/.

Last updated:
We may need to update this privacy notice periodically, so we recommend that you
revisit this information from time to time. This version was last updated: September
2023.

Contact Info:
If you have any questions about how your personal information will be used, please
contact the Maths Hub Lead School and enter “Maths Hub privacy notice” as a
reference. For the DfE’s Data Protection Officer (DPO), please contact us via gov.uk
and mark it for the attention of the ‘DPO’.