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Login LINK ACADEMY TRUST Small Schools, Big Opportunities HomeWelcome Our Vision & Values Our Strategic Approach Our School Improvement Our Church Schools Our People Our Central Support Offer Vacancies Key Information Key Information General Data Protection Regulation Curriculum Online Safety Governance Link Academy Trust Policies Members Trustees Local Advisory Committees Meeting Dates Our Academies Our Academies Newsletters Please follow the link below Contact Next Previous Welcome to The Link Academy Trust The Link Academy Trust is a multi academy trust made up of nineteen primary schools offering your child strong foundations to academic excellence. Your child deserves the very best education, your family deserves to be part of the very best community and we aim, together, to provide exactly that. In April 2016 the two schools of Newton and Teign Federation joined the four schools of the Totnes Federation of Village Schools to form The Link Academy Trust. Woodleigh Federation, three primary schools joined the Link in March 2018 after a Management Partnership, as the Trust’s reputation for supporting small primary schools grew and the Trust prospered. Following this the Link was approved as a Sponsor Academy enabling the Trust to support failing schools. The Link also took part in a DfE Research project investigating small rural primary schools in terms of financial sustainability. Four of the Link’s financial practices were published as case studies reflecting best practice. During 2019- 20 the Link Academy Trust saw significant expansion with Drakes, (East Budleigh) and Otterton formerly the Raleigh Federation and Broadhempston joining the Trust. Later that academic year Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Ilsington and Moretonhampstead primaries were re-brokered into the Link from the South Dartmoor Academy Trust and then in 2021, Morchard Bishop C of E joined to strengthen the Woodleigh Hub further. 2023 saw Sparkwell All Saints Primary and Wolborough C of E Primary School join the Trust and with the latest addition of Littleham C of E Primary in the East Devon area, the Link goes from Strength to strength.. The Trust now has an established reputation as a successful Trust, able to offer excellent school improvement opportunities as well as sound financial practice. Academy Heads are able to focus completely on Teaching and Learning while experts manage HR issues, payroll, a full range of financial services, property actions-including a full programme of regular maintenance and rapid support. Health and Safety issues are managed, alongside GDPR and catering/ cleaning. If you are interested in exploring whether we are a Trust you would like to work with please don’t hesitate to contact us. A warm welcome awaits. Nicky Dunford, CEO Link Academy Trust Facebook Feed Meet Our Academies eSchools uses cookies. eSchools uses cookies - you must enabled JavaScript to allow non-essential cookies. For more information, please click here. Policies and Accessibility Statement © LINK ACADEMY TRUST. All rights reserved. 2024 Privacy and Cookies Policy Part 1: Privacy Policy Last Edited: 22nd April 2021 1. Introduction 1.1. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of the users of our services. Our services include and will hereby be referred to as ’Our Services’ (our websites used to promote eSchools services and tutorial resources, specifically https://www.eschools.co.uk and https://academy.eschools.co.uk ), ’School Websites’ ( designed by eSchools and populated by individual schools themselves) and ’Platforms’ (individual online services that provide teachers, learners, parents and governors with information, tools and resources) as well as our smartphone app. This policy sets out how we will treat your personal information across these services. 2. Collecting personal information on Our Services 2.1 We may process or temporarily store the following kinds of personal information: information about your computer and about your visits to and use of Our Services (including but not limited to, your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths) information contained in or relating to any communications that you send to us or send through our website (including, the communication content) via online forms any other personal information that you choose to send to us via online forms manually inputted details of users added to the platform details of users as integrated by our providers at Wonde via your MIS (if applicable to your package). For further information on integrated data please see our Data Sharing Agreement 2.2 Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with the terms of this policy. 2.3 eSchools websites may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us and to enrich your user experience. You can adapt your cookie preferences, although please note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. We will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party’s direct marketing. For further information on how you can manage and set your cookie preferences, please see our Cookie Policy. 2.4 Information submitted through the online contact form on a school website is processed via eSchools, and passed directly to the school in question. This data is held by eSchools for 30 days (or in the case of failed messages, 90 days) before deletion. Once passed to the school this data is held by them and subject to that school’s privacy policy. 2.5 Schools are also able to add analytics tools and can therefore gather information on visits to and use of their website (including but not limited to, IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths). Individual visitors can manage their preferences through cookie preferences, as mentioned in 2.4. 2.6 Session IP addresses are retained to monitor and safeguard against improper usage of our services. 2.7 Content on the platform (added by staff, governors and students) and website content is added directly by School Users. This information is only used for to display on the platform in the way the user intends and is not used for any other purposes by eSchools. At a time when a school ceases to use our services the content is removed within a 14 day period as detailed in our agreement with the school. 2.8 Some of our services require the school to provide access to information they require for use with those services. For example a school using our communication tool, Letters Home, which enables schools to contact parents by email regarding important school information. In this situation a school will provide eSchools with access to the email address(es) they wish to send their communication to. Schools have granular access to ensure only the required data is shared and accessed by eSchools. The data is frequently updated to ensure that eSchools only retains up-to-date data. 3. Using your personal information 3.1. We may use your personal information to: administer our services enable your use of our services troubleshoot and problem solve send you email notifications that you have specifically requested. You can manage your preferences at anytime through your eSchools dashboard. keep our services secure, safeguard against improper use of our services and prevent fraud. 3.1.1. For the purposes of providing you access to your eSchools platform and app (ie. forgotten password/login) 3.1.2. By registering for updates, School Staff/Governors are able...