Student Wellbeing

Compass Chronical Module

You may have read in the The Age last week some parent concerns about one aspect of Compass called “Chronicle”.

Concord School uses a range of information systems to support our management of student records, one of which is the Compass Chronical module. This module allows authorised staff to record and access observations about individual students that are consistent with teacher and school professional responsibilities.

Concord School and the Department of Education & Training (DET) are empowered to collect a range of information about students, which is then managed and retained in accordance with the Public Records Act 1973 and associated record keeping standards.

All Concord School staff can, and must, share information about a student with other staff who ‘need to know’ that information. This enables the school to educate, support and fulfil their legal obligations for that student.

A student’s new school can request records from their former school – particularly where they will be helpful to the new school in supporting the student. The DET does not have central access to a student’s records.

Schools may provide parents with information about their children, including any information held in Compass or Chronicle, providing that there are no risks to sharing that information. Possible risks may include records that could lead to other students’ personal information being compromised or individual circumstances relating to the child and parent in question that indicate that access may not be appropriate, or may be harmful to the student’s wellbeing.

If you have any questions about Compass Chronicle please contact Jason, Kirrily, Kath or Colin.

Colin Simpson,

Assistant Principal