Retention and Disposal of School Records
The EA Information Governance Service have previously issued the following communication to Schools, which provides guidance on records management in schools, including retention and disposal.
The Department of Education NI Disposal Records for Schools
The Department of Education NI provides a model Disposal of Records Schedule for schools, which your school can adopt and use. The model schedule has been quality assured by PRONI in accordance with the Public Records Act (NI) 1923 and is available on DENI’s website.
The model schedule also includes a Records Management Policy Statement (Section 6) which your school may wish to adopt.
Child Protection: Record Keeping in Schools
The Department of Education has published the following Circular, which provides advice and guidance to schools on the recording and retention of child protection concerns.