Who are we?

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Elstree Schools Limited as Trustee of Haberdashers’ Aske’s Charity trading as Haberdashers’ Boys’ School and/or Haberdashers’ Girls’ School (also known as Habs Boys and/or Habs Girls) is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number: 313996, with its registered office at Haberdasher Hall, 18 West Smithfield, London EC1A 9HQ. It operates the domain www.habselstreeschools.org.uk

Our Cookie Policy

This policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. It explains what information Haberdashers’ Aske’s Elstree Schools (Haberdashers’ Boys’ School and Haberdashers’ Girls’ School) collects using cookies, how that information is used and how to control your cookie preferences. For further information on how Habs Girls collects, uses, stores and keeps data secure, please read our Privacy Notices which can be found in the “Policies” section of this website.

What are Cookies

This website, like many others, uses small files called “Cookies” to help customise your experience. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the internet browser on the device you are using to access a website. Websites are able to read and write to these files. Cookies provide a “memory” for the website, enabling it to recognise a user and respond appropriately.

Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your email address or provide any other personal information. They are designed to hold a small amount of data specific to a particular user and help the website to function, make the website more secure, improve user experiences, and help Haberdashers’ Aske’s Elstree Schools (Haberdashers’ Boys’ School and Haberdashers’ Girls’ School) to understand how the website performs.

This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.

Use of Cookies

Cookies that we control are used by the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Elstree Schools (Haberdashers’ Boys’ School and Haberdashers’ Girls’ School) website to help it to function correctly and to enhance your experience when accessing the website.
These allow us to monitor how many users visit the website, and specific pages within the website, every month. This tracking software is provided by Google Analytics. This information is anonymous and no personal information is collected, stored or saved. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information.
We also use the following social media/plugins on this site, which use cookies to ease your use of their sites and/or to collect and/or use data for the various purposes outlined in their own privacy notices:

This Policy does not cover third parties, or their services and we do not take any responsibility for how such third parties may use any information they collect. For information about third-party privacy practices, please consult with them directly.

How to Control Cookies

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Elstree Schools (Haberdashers’ Boys’ School and Haberdashers’ Girls’ School) website itself uses a cookie control system which allows the user on their first visit to allow or block the use of Cookies on their device.
Users can also manage their cookie consent at any time by accessing their browser settings. All browsers will allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some allow you to reject just third-party cookies. Please note, blocking any cookies may have a negative impact upon the usability of Haberdashers’ Aske’s Elstree Schools (Haberdashers’ Boys’ School and Haberdashers’ Girls’ School) website.

Further Information

For further information regarding the use of cookies, please contact us.