Information Note in relation to the storage and transfer of guidance-counselling notes (2024)

This document provides schools with information about the storage and transfer of guidance-counsellor notes where a situation arises in which the guidance counsellor who gathered the information is no longer in a position to store/safeguard them e.g. in the case of retirement / maternity leave / resignation etc. This document provides schools with clear information on GDPR issues that may arise, in consideration of the confidential nature of guidance counselling and child-protection guidelines.