Cookie Policy

This is the Cookie Policy for St Hugh's School, accessible from www.st-hughs.co.uk

This policy explains how we use cookies. Please read this policy carefully; by accessing our school website you confirm to have understood and agreed to our use of cookies.

About Cookies

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user's device. You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Cookies do a number of different jobs, such as enabling efficient navigation between pages, remembering preferences, and generally improving the user experience.

This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how to prevent these cookies from being stored, although this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the functionality of our website.

A list of the cookies used on this website is set out below:

Cookies Used

Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

We use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter
through this site:

Google Analytics cookies are used for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit, to enable us to continue to produce engaging content.

  From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are testing new features, cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site, and providing information to understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins that allow you to connect with social media networks in various ways. For these to work, Twitter and Instagram will set cookies through our site, which may be used to enhance our profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Functionality Cookies 
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make, such as your username, or saves the type of device which is being reported to the website, to determine whether the site should display the mobile or desktop version.

  • Login related cookies - We use cookies when you are logged in to any part of the site which requires this function, so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
  • Forms related cookies - When you submit data through a form, such as those found on contact pages, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence
  • Site preferences cookies - In order to provide the best user experience, we provide the functionality to set preferences for how this site runs when you use it. These cookies can be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Blocking or Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser ‘Help’ documentation for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit..

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, which are the performance cookies we use on this website, visit:  http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout