Teachers express concern over keeping pupil test data

TEACHERS have expressed concern about new requirements to keep data on pupils’ test results for at least 15 years.

The guidelines being issued to primary schools on assessment suggest that schools store information on pupils’ records until their 21st birthday, although the length of time after leaving school in which a person can ask for the information is not specified in law.

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment which produced the guidelines said its legal advice was that records keeping should be in line with the statute of limitations for potential litigation on education issues up to three years after a person turns 18.