Privacy Policy
We protect personal data because safety is part of the provision. This page explains what we collect, why we collect it, and the rights you have over it.
Last updated
12/08/2026
Who we are
Leftfield Learning is committed to protecting the privacy of everyone who uses this website and everyone we support through our education provision, including learners, parents and carers, commissioners, and staff.
Leftfield Learning Collective is registered in England and Wales, company number 16531048. We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office, registration number ZC012133.
Psychology before curriculum. Privacy before assumption. Clear information for families, commissioners and the young people we support.
What data do we collect?
Depending on how you react with us, we make different types of personal data.
Learners
Educational records, attendance, safeguarding information, SEND and health-related information where relevant, plus progress or assessment data.
Website visitors
Standard technical data, such as IP address, browser type and pages visited, through cookies and analytics.
Inquiries and referrals.
Name, contact details and information relevant to a referral or enquiry, submitted through contact forms, email or commissioner routes.
Staff and applicant
Standard employment and recruitment data, including safer recruitment checks.
Why did we connect?
We process personal data to deliver alternative education provisions safely and effectively. Our lawful bases include contact, legal obligations, limited interest, and consent, where we ask for it specifically.
Contract
To deliver the education and support agreed with a commissioning school or local authority.
Consent
Where we ask for it specifically, for example optional marketing communications.
Legal Obligation
For safeguarding duties, safer recruitment and statutory reporting.
legitimate interests
To run the website, respond to enquiries and improve our provision.
Learner data specifically
Because we work with vulnerable learners, safeguarding shapes how we handle data at every stage.
Information is shared with commissioning schools and local authorities as part of the referral, review and reporting process.
Where a learner is working towards an accredited qualification, relevant data is shared with the accrediting body, currently ASDAN, NCFE and AQA Unit Award Scheme, strictly for registration, moderation and certification purposes.
Safeguarding information is shared with statutory agencies, such as children's social care or police, where there is a duty or legal basis to do so.
We do not sell or share learner data for marketing purposes.
Special category data, such as health or SEND information, is processed only where necessary for safeguarding and delivering appropriate provision, under UK GDPR Article 9 conditions relating to education, health and social care, or explicit consent.
Quiet concentration. Data used to support provision, not to label a young person.
Collaboration. Information shared only where there is a clear purpose or legal basis.
Confidence. Clear rights, plain contact routes and careful record keeping.
How long do we keep your data?
We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected, in line with statutory guidance for education and safeguarding records.
Safeguarding files are typically retained until a learner's 25th birthday, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Website enquiry data not converted into a referral is deleted after [ADD HERE - e.g. 12 months].
How do we keep data secure?
We use secure systems for storing and sharing learner and safeguarding data, restrict access on a need-to-know basis, and require staff to complete data protection and safeguarding training.
Our online learning platforms are selected and configured with data security as a requirement, not an afterthought.
Your right
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:
Access the personal data we hold about you.
Ask us to correct inaccurate data.
Ask us to delete data, where we do not have a legal reason to keep it.
Object to or restrict certain processing.
Request your data in a portable format.
Withdraw consent at any time, where consent is our basis for processing.
To exercise any of these rights, contact office@leftfieldlearning.co.uk. We will respond within one month.
Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, we would like the chance to put it right first. Contact us atoffice@leftfieldlearning.co.uk.
You can also complain directly to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.
Changes to this policy
We will update this page when our practices change and update the last updated date above. For significant changes affecting learners or families, we will communicate directly rather than relying on the website alone..