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Subject access request right-of-access response record

Record how a maintained or academy school in England responds to a subject access request, including the right-of-access response, searches, supplementary information, exemptions, examination-information deadlines where relevant, consultation and dispatch.

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Subject access request right-of-access response record

Version
v1
Updated
7 October 2026
Reviewed
7 October 2026
Audience
Data protection leads, school leaders and staff responsible for handling subject access requests in maintained and academy schools in England.
Jurisdiction
england

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Scope and completion

Complete this record when the school responds to a subject access request. Complete exemption, consultation and examination-information fields only where relevant to this request and the information held.

School request reference

Required

Enter the school's internal reference for this request.

Written response

Requester name

Required

Record the name of the person making the subject access request.

Written response

Data subject name

Required

Record the name of the identifiable living person whose personal information is covered by the request.

Written response

Date the request was received

Required

Enter the date on which the school received the subject access request.

Day
Month
Year

Request scope

Required

Describe the information or period covered by the request, including any clarification obtained.

Written response

Categories of personal information identified

Required

Select all categories of personal information identified as within the request.

Choose all that apply

  • Pupil or former-pupil records
  • Attendance information
  • Assessment or examination information
  • Safeguarding information
  • Special educational needs information
  • Staff or employment-related information
  • Emails, letters or other communications
  • Images, video or audio
  • Other personal information
  • Other

If other, please specify

Processing confirmation and searches

Processing confirmation outcome

Required

Record whether the response confirms that the school is processing personal information within the request.

Choose all that apply

  • Processing confirmed
  • Specific requested information not processed
  • Processing confirmed for some requested information only
  • Confirmation affected by an applicable exemption

Searches undertaken

Required

Record the systems, locations, records and custodians searched, the search dates and the outcome of each search.

Written response

Search result

Required

Select the overall result of the searches.

Choose one

  • Information located
  • No requested personal information located
  • Some requested personal information located
  • Further search required before dispatch

Copy of personal information

Required

Record whether a copy of the requested personal information is included in the response and describe its scope.

Written response

Supplementary information

Processing purposes

Required

Record the purposes for processing the personal information covered by the response.

Written response

Recipients or recipient categories

Required

Record the specific recipients or, where applicable, recipient categories to whom the personal information has been or will be disclosed.

Written response

Retention period or criteria

Required

Record how long the personal information will be kept, or the criteria used to determine the retention period.

Written response

Rights and complaints information provided

Required

Record the information provided about rights to request rectification, erasure or restriction, to object to processing, and to complain to the school and the ICO.

Written response

Source information

Where the personal information was not obtained directly from the data subject, record the source information provided.

Written response

Automated decision-making information

Required

Where relevant, record whether automated decision-making or profiling is used and the meaningful information provided about its logic, significance and envisaged consequences.

Written response

International-transfer safeguards

Required

Where relevant, record the safeguards applying to any transfer to a third country or international organisation.

Written response

Exemptions and information withheld or delayed

Exemption or restriction applied

Complete only where information, confirmation or timing is affected by an applicable exemption or restriction.

Choose all that apply

  • None
  • Exam scripts or examination marks
  • Other SAR exemption
  • Information concerning another person
  • Other

If other, please specify

Information withheld or delayed

Complete where information has been withheld or delayed. Identify the information affected and explain the outcome as transparently as the circumstances allow.

Written response

Reason for withholding or delay

Complete where an exemption is applied. Record the reason given to the requester, limiting detail where explaining the exemption could prejudice its purpose.

Written response

Examination information deadline tracking

Does the request concern information recorded by an examination marker before results were announced?

Complete only where the request concerns this type of examination information.

Choose one

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not known or not applicable

Examination results announcement date

Complete where relevant to the examination-information timing calculation.

Day
Month
Year

Five-month examination-information deadline

Complete where relevant. Record the date five months after receipt of the request.

Day
Month
Year

Forty-day examination-information deadline

Complete where relevant. Record the date 40 days after the examination results announcement.

Day
Month
Year

Applicable examination-information deadline

Record the earlier applicable deadline where the examination-information timing rule is relevant.

Day
Month
Year

Consultation and quality checks

Consultation undertaken

Required

Record whether consultation was undertaken before deciding what to disclose, with whom and the outcome.

Written response

Response components included

Required

Select the components included in the response.

Choose all that apply

  • Confirmation of processing
  • Copy of personal information
  • Supplementary information
  • Exemption or withholding explanation
  • Examination-information timing explanation
  • Other

If other, please specify

Completion check

Required

Confirm the response record has been reviewed against the request and the information held.

  • Tick when complete

Dispatch record

Response date

Required

Enter the date the response was issued or, where information was delayed, the date of the relevant partial response.

Day
Month
Year

Dispatch method

Required

Select how the response was sent to the requester.

Choose one

  • Secure email
  • Post
  • Secure portal
  • In person
  • Other
  • Other

If other, please specify

Dispatch details and evidence

Required

Record the destination or delivery method, any tracking or transmission reference, the materials sent and where the response evidence is stored.

Written response

Person completing this record

Required

Enter the name and role of the person completing the response record.

Written response

Record completion date

Required

Enter the date this response record was completed.

Day
Month
Year

Additional notes

Record any other relevant facts about the response, including outstanding actions or later dispatch of delayed information.

Written response

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