The information is being collected for the following purpose:

1. For statistical and research purposes
2. To improve and develop education services and health and wellbeing supports
3. To plan and deliver better policies for the benefit of all pupils, or specific groups

The legal basis for each purpose is set out below:

We may collect and process the following data about you:

• Child / Young Person's Scottish Candidate Number
• Child / Young Person’s school identifier
• Child / Young Person’s attitude to school
• Child / Young Person’s perception of achievement
• Child / Young Person’s pressure of school work
• Child / Young Person’s physical activity/exercise
• Child / Young Person’s eating behaviours
• Child / Young Person’s general health
• Child / Young Person’s general wellbeing (life satisfaction)
• Child / Young Person’s mental wellbeing
• Child / Young Person’s physical or mental health condition
• Child / Young Person’s sleep pattern
• Child / Young Person’s feeling of discrimination
• Child / Young Person’s relationship with peers
• Child / Young Person’s self-perception (body image)
• Child / Young Person’s social media and online experience
• Child / Young Person’s relationships with family / environment
• Child / Young Person’s relationships with parents/carers
• Child / Young Person’s resilience
• Child / Young Person’s involvement in decision making
• Child / Young Person’s use of alcohol (S2 pupils upwards)
• Child / young Person’s use of tobacco (S2 pupils upwards)
• Child / Young Person’s use of drugs (S4 pupils upwards)
• Child / Young Person’s involvement in positive activities
• Child / Young Person’s caring responsibilities
• Child / Young Person’s experience of bullying
• Child / Young Person’s aspirations and career planning
• Child / Young Person’s relationships and sexual health (S4 pupils upwards)
• Child / Young Person’s sedentary behaviour
• Child / Young Person’s places to play

We collect information from you when you respond to a survey via a system called SmartSurvey which is a UK-based provider of digital survey solutions. Its systems also collect information on your use of our site and record your IP address, operating system and browser type, and pages visited.

The Scottish Government acts as the Council's processor for SmartSurvey responses, which are sub-processed by SmartSurvey Limited. Responses are analysed and used in reports about the findings of the survey. SmartSurvey results will also be shared with Scottish Government for analytical and statistical/research purposes. You will not be identifiable if we (or the Scottish Government) publish any reports based on survey responses. Reports may be published on our website and will, therefore, be shared with the public.

The Scottish Government has its own privacy notice about the survey.

Your information is kept mainly in the UK. However, in limited circumstances SmartSurvey Limited uses sub-processors which are based outwith the UK.

We keep your information as long as required by law or by our business requirements. We have a Business Classification Scheme in place which sets out the types of records we hold, and how long we hold them - you can access the relevant part of the scheme below.

Your response to surveys is completely voluntary. You do not have to provide information to us. Progress through the survey is automatically saved after each page. This means that responses provided will be saved and submitted on your behalf, even if the survey was not completed.

We do not use any automated processes to make decisions about Health & Wellbeing.