🍪 Cookie Policy

Last Updated: June 2025

🍪 1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit. They allow the site to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, and other display settings) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you return to the site or browse from one page to another.

🤔 2. Why We Use Cookies

Cookies are essential for improving the usability and performance of our website. At Nkhwazi Primary School, we use cookies to:

• Remember your form selections and session preferences
• Improve site functionality and performance
• Allow integration with trusted third-party services such as MailerLite (email newsletter) and YouTube (video gallery)

We do not use cookies for advertising or user tracking.

🍪 3. Types of Cookies in Use

• First-Party Essential Cookies: These are created and stored by our website to provide a smooth and consistent experience (e.g., remembering your form entries or preferences during your visit).
• Persistent Cookies: These help the site remember your settings across multiple visits.
• Third-Party Cookies: These are set by services integrated into our site, such as: MailerLite for newsletters, YouTube for displaying videos.

While we do not use tracking cookies ourselves, these third-party providers may place their own cookies when you interact with their content.

⚙️ 4. How to Disable Cookies

Most modern browsers allow you to control or disable cookies via settings. Here’s how:

Google Chrome

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
2. Choose “Block all cookies” or manage individual site settings

Mozilla Firefox

1. Go to Settings > Privacy & Security
2. Under “Cookies and Site Data,” choose your preferred setting

Microsoft Edge

1. Settings > Cookies and site permissions
2. Click “Manage and delete cookies and site data”

Safari (Mac)

1. Safari > Preferences > Privacy
2. Choose “Block all cookies” or manage settings

🚫 Implications of Disabling Cookies

If you choose to block or disable cookies, please be aware that:

• Certain features of our website may not function correctly (e.g., form submissions may not be retained)
• You may need to re-enter information each time you visit the site
• Embedded content from third-party platforms (e.g., videos, forms) may not display or behave as intended

For the best user experience, we recommend allowing at least first-party essential cookies.