Information governance

Guidance on managing information in schools and settings.

The Information Commissioner's Office regulates and advises on information law. Their website provides guidance to support you to manage information well.

The ECC Information Governance Support team (IGS) offer a traded service to support your information governance needs:

  • advice and guidance
  • completing statutory requests for information
  • training/consultancy
  • support packages
  • information audits

Contact IGS

For more information or if you have any questions, visit our Information Governance support website.

Alternatively, you can contact us:

Telephone: 0333 032 2970

Email: igs@essex.gov.uk

Information sharing protocol (ISP)

We have set up a protocol to support information sharing between Essex County Council (ECC) and education providers to deliver services. The Education and Learning Information Sharing Protocol’ carries out the following functions:

  • supports safe, lawful and secure
  • helps organisations meet their legal accountability and transparency obligations
  • sets out the statutory and current practice sharing between education providers

For more information about the protocol download the following documents:

Sign up to our ISP

We want all schools, settings, colleges and training providers to sign up to our ISP.

To sign up, get a senior leader for your organisation to complete our online form.