Terms of Use

Last updated: 21/08/2024

Welcome to our website. If you browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use.

The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice. Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and be a criminal offence.

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance, images and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice and express consent from Whitehall Park School or the Bellevue Place Education Trust, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

This website also includes links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience and to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s) we refer to. We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

The content on this page is for guidance only. For full policies, please do refer to our Policies page or the BPET policies.

Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England and Wales.

Introduction & Context

Under data protection law, individuals have a right to be informed about how the Bellevue Place Education Trust and its academies - which include our school, use this website. The Bellevue Place Education Trust complies with this right by providing Privacy Notices to individuals where we are processing their personal data.

• BPET is the Data Controller for the purposes of data protection law and therefore will determine the purposes for which personal data is processed (the ‘why’ and the ‘how’). Whitehall Park School and authorised 3rd parties (such as Arbor or SchoolBuddy) process and ‘use’ data on behalf of (under the supervision/control) the trust and are therefore Data Processors.
• The postal address of the trust is: Bellevue Place Education Trust, Kilburn Grange School, Brent, London, NW6 7UJ.
• The trust's Data Protection Officer is the Head of Operations Jane Aust. If you have any questions, concerns or would like more information about anything mentioned in this Privacy Notice, please contact the Trust’s Data Protection Officer: dataprotectionofficer@bpet.co.uk
• The trust will ensure that your child’s data is processed fairly and lawfully, is accurate, is kept secure and is retained for no longer than is necessary.
• The trust and its academies will ensure that your child’s personal data is processed fairly and lawfully, is accurate, is kept secure and is retained for no longer than is necessary.

 Photographs and Media

As part of our activities, we may use photographs or videos of your child on this website.

You can give or withdraw consent for this at any time, by writing to the school office, in accordance to the BPET Website Content Policy, which seeks explicit parental consent and is available on the BPET website.

Usually images will be unnamed and will generally be for internal use, but may also be published in places such as:

• this website
• printed marketing materials (leaflets, prospectus, etc)
• slideshows at an event for parents/carers
• on display boards, which can be seen by visitors to the school.

Parents and children will be made aware when filming in school is happening, and the context in which the photographs or videos will be used.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and to improve and analyse Our Service. The technologies we use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.

Cookies can be 'Persistent' or 'Session' Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

• Type: Session Cookies

  Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services. They only last for the duration of your visit.

  Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

  Type: Persistent Cookies

  Purpose: these cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on this website.

  3rd Party Cookies

  This website may include code from 3rd party websites. Please refer to the cookie policies of the relevant provider for more information. Common 3rd party integrations:

  Google Analytics (& Google Tag Manager)
  Most of our websites are integrated with Google Analytics to allow recording of page hits etc. Information about Google Analytics cookies. Users can also block Google Analytics by using Google's opt-out browser add-on.

  _gat_gtag_UA_[+ id code] (1 minute)
  Set by Google to distinguish users.

  _gat_UA-[+ id code] (1 minute)
  A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to.

  _gid (24 hrs)
  Stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an Analytics report of the website's performance. Data collected includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

  _ga (2 years)
  _gcl_au (90 days)
  Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment efficiency of websites using their services.

  Google Translate: googtrans
  Our website uses Google Translate, and it also includes a session cookie for storing the translation preference erased when the user closes the Web browser.

  Vimeo
  This website embed videos from Vimeo. This is covered by Vimeo's cookie policy. 

Links to Other Websites 
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.