Chilton Foliat primary school were looking for a solution to providing compliance with the new GDPR framework as mandated by the department of education, and I was asked to research and advise a suitable organisation to provide this role. I reached out to a number of organisations that I was able to find on Google who provided GDPR solutions, both in the form of software and training to manage the GDPR tasks, or a Data Protection Officer (DPO) capability for schools and academies. I ended up with a shortlist of 4 organisations who were promoting a GDPR solution, two of which provided software and backup and advisory capabilities, and two that provided a discrete DPO service without the need for costly software products and the training needed to implement an In-house tailored solution. After the school governing body had reviewed the 4 prospectuses, SchoolPro TLC were the unanimous choice to provide a DPO capability that suited our modest needs and which had the most flexible and cost effective solution to help us achieve those objectives. We have found the responses we have received from SchoolTLC to be exemplary thus far and are looking forward to nurturing this partnership as we move forward. We could not have asked for a better quality partner to help us overcome our initial concerns and confusion of developing a GDPR process in such a timely and ordered manner. We have no hesitation in highly recommending this organization to other school looking to achieve GDPR compliance by way of their professional ism, value for money and attentiveness to our initial requirements.’