Data Controller: Eldon Primary School
Address: Eldon Street, Preston, Lancashire PR1 7YE
Telephone: 01772 253557
Email: secretary@eldon-pri.lancs.sch.uk
Website: https://eldonprimaryschool.co.uk

1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work properly, work more efficiently, and to provide information to the owners of the site.
Cookies do not give us access to your computer or any information about you other than the data you choose to share with us.

2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to ensure our website functions correctly, to remember your preferences, and to understand how visitors use our site so we can improve it. We do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you without your knowledge.

3. The Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions you take, such as submitting a form or setting your privacy preferences. Without these cookies, parts of the website may not work properly.
Examples include cookies set by WordPress to maintain basic website security and session management.

3.2 Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

3.3 Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the way our website works. Where analytics tools are in use, they are configured to anonymise IP addresses so that no personally identifiable information is collected without your consent.

3.4 Third-Party Cookies
Some pages on our website include content or features provided by third parties, which may set their own cookies. We do not control these cookies. The third-party services that may set cookies include:
Google Fonts — used to display typefaces on our website. Google may set cookies or collect your IP address when font files are downloaded by your browser. See Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy
ClassDojo — our online learning platform. If you access ClassDojo through our website, ClassDojo may set cookies on your device. See ClassDojo’s privacy policy at: https://www.classdojo.com/privacy/
Facebook — if you visit our Facebook page or interact with any Facebook social plugins on our site, Facebook may set cookies. See Meta’s cookie policy at: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
WordPress and Elementor — our website is built on WordPress using the Elementor page builder, both of which may set functional cookies to support website operation.

4. How Long Do Cookies Last?
Cookies can be either session cookies or persistent cookies.
Session cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period of time, or until you delete them manually. The length of time varies depending on the cookie.

5. How to Control Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in several ways. Please note that restricting cookies may affect how our website works.
Browser settings – most browsers allow you to view, manage, delete, and block cookies. To do this, look in the settings or preferences menu of your browser. The following links may help:
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/manage-cookies-in-microsoft-edge
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Opting out of analytics – if we use analytics tools, you may be able to opt out by installing the relevant browser add-on provided by the analytics provider.
Third-party opt-outs- you can opt out of certain third-party cookies by visiting the relevant provider’s website (see Section 3.4 above).
Please be aware that deleting or blocking cookies may affect your experience on our website and on other websites you visit.

6. Consent
When you first visit our website, you may be shown a cookie notice. Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent as they are essential for the website to operate. For other cookies, we will ask for your consent where required by law.
You can withdraw or change your consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings as described in Section 5.

7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this cookie policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to check this page periodically.

8. More Information
For more information about how we handle your personal data more generally, please see our Privacy Policy at: https://eldonprimaryschool.co.uk/privacy-policy
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

Eldon Primary School
Eldon Street, Preston, Lancashire PR1 7YE
Telephone: 01772 253557
Email: secretary@eldon-pri.lancs.sch.uk
Contact page: https://eldonprimaryschool.co.uk/contact-us/

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) provides further guidance on cookies at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/guide-to-pecr/cookies-and-similar-technologies/