QEGSMAT (the Trust and its schools) collect, hold, use and share information about our workforce. This is known as “personal data” and you have rights around that data, including knowing how and why we are processing the data. “Processing” data means everything from collecting, to storing, using, sharing and disposing of it. The school workforce includes all those employed to teach, or otherwise engaged to work, either on a paid, contracted or voluntary basis, at the school. For the purposes of Data Protection legislation QEGSMAT is a data controller and is registered as such with the Information Commissioner’s Office.