In a primary school the request almost always comes from a parent, and it almost never arrives alone. We handle the ones that matter — parental subject access requests touching safeguarding records — and keep the rest of the compliance picture quietly in order.
A subject access request from a parent is rarely about curiosity. It usually follows an exclusion, a safeguarding referral or a dispute with the school — which is exactly when the exemptions are hardest to apply and the consequences of getting them wrong are highest.
Both parents may hold parental responsibility. One asks for the file, the other objects. The child's own interests sit somewhere in between. This is a judgement call, and schools are entitled to help making it.
A teacher finds a spelling app, it works, and by half term four classes are using it. Where the data goes, who the supplier is and what happens at the end of the year are questions asked afterwards, if at all.
The business manager is also the deputy DSL, the fire marshal and the person who does the census. Adding data protection to that list is how it gets dropped.
Every school is different. A ten-minute call is usually enough to tell you where you stand.
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