Kings Education Cookies Policy

A cookie is a small text file containing letters and numbers which is transferred to your computer or mobile when you visit a website or app; a cookie is used to remember preferences and login information.

Tracking technology includes a wider range of methods including cookies and other techniques like tracking pixels, to monitor activity when a user visits a site or app, as well as building detailed user profiles such as their interactions (pages visited, links clicked, and time spent on pages).

Many improvements and updates to this website are based directly on the information received in this way.

We use this type of technology to do different things:

• remember information about you, so you don’t have to give it to us again, and messages for new visitors aren’t displayed to you again;
• help us understand how people are using our services such as which web pages visitors go to most often, so we can make them better and improve a user’s experience when visiting this site;
• remember security settings that can affect access to certain content;
• help remember your preferences so your use of this site is personal to you.

Some cookies will always be on when you visit this site, and they can’t be turned off unless you change your browser settings. These are “strictly necessary cookies”. We use them to make sure our digital services work as expected, meet the interests of visitors to this site and ensure users can log into secure areas of the site when needed.

We also use functional, performance and advertising cookies to count and understand how visitors move around our site, and to recognise when you return to our site. You can switch these on or off at any time, and you can always change your mind.

So you can easily "Like" or share our content on certain social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, we have included links on our site and this means social media cookies are also in use; these are set by the third party social media platforms to which they relate.

Please bear in mind other cookies, referred to as “third party cookies” exist from other companies that might track how you use different websites, including ours. You might, for example, get a social media company’s cookie on your device when you see the option to share something. You can turn these cookies off, but not through our site.

These are the cookies we are using and why:

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Functional cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Targeting cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Performance cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Some like “session cookies” will be erased as soon as you close the browser on which you were viewing our site but others, referred to as “persistent cookies”, will stay on your computer or device after your browser is closed and last for a time that’s specified in the cookie. We may use these them, for example, to remember your preferences for the next time you visit.

As mentioned above, strictly necessary cookies are always on by default when you visit this site. On your first visit we’ll tell you about the other types of cookies and you will have the option to choose which cookies we can use. You can always change your mind and update your cookies preferences by clicking on the link in our footer.