GDPR Support for Further Education

Scalable to Any Size

The Sentry System is the compliance hub for Further Education. It’s a modular system than can build up to match

The Sentry System has been designed to make the task of managing compliance easier. It does this by providing step by step forms to record incidents, log SARs and document your data mapping and even deliver awareness training to staff. Every school can get benefit from these time saving modules.

For trusts the problem is larger and more complex. You need to be able to get a clear picture of how the schools in the trust a are getting on, but also be able to jump in and provide support at the appropriate time. The Sentry System is setup to provide the balance of collaborative working while keeping access to information to only those who need it.

Using Sentry means that each school follows a consistent approach and you can easily navigate  between the schools in the Trust. Our new alerting feature means that you’ll get a heads up if any of your schools log a breach or a SAR and a reminder to ensure that the work is completed on time.

DPO & Helpdesk Services

The right sort of help

With a level of complexity due to different pieces of legislation and potentially large bodies of students and staff, question about the detail of data protection can come up at any time. It can be hard for any one member of staff to try and cover all of the bases at once.

This is where GDPR Sentry can help. Our DPO helpdesk is staffed by people with experience in data protection, education and education systems. This means that no matter how obscure the question the team will be able to dig in and provide support.

Depending on how you want to manage data protection, we can offer an on-demand consultancy service, support to an existing DPO or outsource the entire DPO function.

Auditing Services

More than box ticking

You’re dealing with compliance for the college and a good deal of work is going into reaching the new standards. The next question is how well are you doing on that journey? Auditing is one method to get answers to this question, but not all audits are the same.

We specialise in being able to evaluate whether processes and procedures are being followed in addition to whether they are in place. Being independent we can ask searching questions without disrupting critical working relationships.

The nature and scope of an audit programme would be agreed with you upfront with results coming back in a report format along with critical actions and recommedations.

Training Courses

Relevant Content

Everyone working for the college needs to have had some basic data protection training. Some people need more detail to help them play their part in compliance. Providing training has been a part of our business from day one. We offer courses that are built specifically for organisations in the education sector.

From straightforward 1 hour awareness sessions through courses focused on problem areas like managing data breaches all the way to a full tailored Data Protection Officer Training Programme, we can meet the training needs for the whole organisation.

Project Support

Clearly Defined Tasks

In and among the day to day tasks of managing GDPR compliance there some that can take a huge amount of resource. If your trust is expanding then you’ll need a programme of work to move the new member onto your compliance programme. Where there is a major system development you need to undertake a data protection impact assessment, or you may be trying to figure out how to reduce the frequency of breaches.

We can provide expert support for these type of projects. People who have experience in education, in data protection and in school systems.  We’ll scope a project out and then agree a schedule for delivery.