Management Information Sheet

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Norfolk Audit Services (NAS), as the County Council’s internal auditors, carry out an annual programme of themed audits, visiting a representative sample of schools and sharing common findings and examples of good practice with all schools.

The Local Authority strongly recommends that the outcomes of these audits are considered by School governors and leadership teams and any necessary actions taken in order to address any improvements required for each School. Any issues and proposed actions should be discussed by the relevant Committee of the Governing Body for approval, monitoring and evaluation. Question 20 of the SFVS also makes reference to schools taking into account recommendations made from these types of audits.

A reminder that, under the recent changes to the RAG Rating for School Financial Management, themed audits are released at the beginning of the term and schools have the current term and the next term to complete the findings. The Finance & Business Services Team will require evidence, in the form of Governors’ minutes highlighting where discussions have taken place regarding the findings and recommendations from these audits.

Please see the link below for details of the latest thematic audit that has been carried out:
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)