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Ge#ngtogripswiththeNa1onalPupilDatabase;

personaldatainanOpenDataworld

PhilBoothandTerriDowty|OpenDataIns1tuteFridayLunch1meLectures|5Feb203

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personaldataopendata

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NPD:legisla4veunderpinning

Educa4onAct96powertocollectschoolleveldata

AmendedbySchedule30SchoolStandardsandFrameworkAct1998

Createdstatutorygatewaytocollectpersonaldataaboutpupils

Empoweredsecretaryofstatetodefinedatainregula4ons

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NPD:2

Noconsentrequired-headteachersunderdutytosupplyinforma4on

DatatakendirectlyfromschoolMIS Ini4allyparents/childrenunaware-FPNs

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Func4onCreep

Originalschoolcensusannual('PLASC') Nowtakeneachterm Includespre-schoolproviders Incrementalincreaseinpersonaldata ExclusionsandaUendancedata,povertymarkers,modeoftraveltoschool...

Thegi=thatkeepsongiving?

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NPDdatatables

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NPDrequestanddataflows

TIER4Individualpupillevel:

iden1fiable,e.g.gender,

aUainment,absences

TIER3Aggregateschoollevel:

iden1fiableandsensi1ve,

couldhavesinglecounts

TIER2

Individualpupillevel:iden1fiableandsensi1ve,e.g.

recodedethnicity,SEN,FSM

TIERIndividualpupillevel:

iden1fyingand/oriden1fiable

andhighlysensi1ve

DfEData

andSta1s1cs

Division

(DSD)

DfEData

Management

AdvisoryPanel

(DMAP)

DiagrambasedonNPDuserguideandprotocol,July2012

REQEST

DATA

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DfEconsulta4on:widenaccesstoNPD

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?Datawouldonlybereleasedto

organisa1onswhichhadbeenthrougharobustapprovalprocess

andinaccordancewithstrictterms

andcondi1onsondatasecurity,

handlinganduse.

Wewillachievethisthroughmaking

informa1onfromtheNa1onalPupil

Databaseavailabletoall(with

appropriatesafeguardsinplacesoindividualpupilscannotbe

iden1fied),anddevelopinganew

SchoolPerformanceDataPortal.

thevoluntarysector

poli4calpar4es

andcandidates

direct

marketers

profit-driven

enterprises

bullies

peoplewith

grudges

educa4onpublishersanddevelopers

researchers

professionalbodies

consultants

educators

themedia

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re-iden4fica4on

rela4velyeasyoutsideurbanareaswhencombinedwithward-levelstats

e.g.ethnicity+sectorpostcodenarrowdowntohandfuloffamilies(atmost)

+schoolyeargroupcanidindividualchild

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anonymisa4on

de-iden4fica4on pseudonymisa4on effec4velyanonymised? aggregatedata/sta4s4cs Differen4alPrivacy

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iden4fyingpeople

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re-iden4fyingpeople

NAFIS

IDENT1

NDNAD

GCSE + A LEVEL

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personaldataopendataobfusca4onvs.consent

(no4fica4onknowledge)anonymisa4onvs.u4lity

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thanksforlistening

PhilBooth

phil@truth2power.org.uk

TerriDowty

terri@truth2power.org.uk