Your data & privacy
A plain-English guide for students and parents · Last updated: 10 July 2026
This page explains, in plain language, who can see your work in Writ when you use it through your school. The full detail is in our Privacy Policy and the Writ for Schools Agreement.
Who can see your work
Here is exactly who sees what when your school gives you a Writ account.
| Who | What they can see |
|---|---|
| You | Everything — it's your account and your writing. |
| Your head of UCAS (the staff member in charge of UCAS at your school) | Your progress and your work as you write it — your drafts and your coaching questions and answers — so they can help and keep an eye on how everyone's application is going. They can see this while you draft, not only after you send it. |
| Your assigned teacher | Your progress while you draft. They can only read your actual statement and coaching conversation after you press "Send to my school". |
| Staff at any other school | Nothing. They can never see you or your work. |
| Writ (the company) | We store your work to run the service. Our staff only access it to operate and support the product, under strict controls. We never sell it, never use it for adverts, and never use it to train AI. |
Why can my head of UCAS see my drafts?
Your head of UCAS is the person your school has put in charge of helping everyone with their UCAS application. Being able to see your work as you go lets them support you early — spotting where you're stuck, checking nobody is falling behind — much like a teacher can look at coursework you're working on. Your school decides to use Writ this way, and your school is responsible for telling you and your parents about it.
The AI never writes it for you
Writ's coach asks you questions and points out where your writing could be stronger. It deliberately does not write your personal statement for you — that limit is built into the system. The statement stays yours.
What if I'm not comfortable with this?
That's a fair question to ask. Talk to your head of UCAS or a parent or guardian first. You can also choose to use Writ on your own individual account instead of your school one — on an individual account, no school staff are involved at all, and only a tutor you're matched with sees your work. And you can ask us or your school to delete your data at any time (see below).
Your rights
You have the right to see the data we hold about you, to correct it, and to have it deleted, among others. Because you're using Writ through your school, your school leads on these requests and we help them. You (or your parent or guardian) can start by emailing your school, or us at enquiries@writai.co.uk. If you're ever unhappy with how your data is handled, you can also contact the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
For parents and guardians
When a school licenses Writ, the school is the data controller — it decides how the service is used, including your child's head of UCAS having oversight of in-progress work, and it is responsible for the lawful basis and for informing you. Writ processes the data on the school's behalf under a Data Processing Addendum and does not use students' data for marketing. If you have questions, please contact your child's school, or us at enquiries@writai.co.uk.
If your child sent us their personal statement
We ask students who have already applied to send us the statement they actually used, along with their grades and what each university decided. It is completely optional and nothing about using Writ depends on it. We use it, anonymised, to work out what really helps the next student.
If your child is under 18, we cannot keep it unless you agree. They have to give us your name and email, you have to be shown the wording separately from theirs, and we email you a copy of what was agreed in your name — so if you did not agree to it, you will hear from us and can say so. Our database will not store a submission from an under-18 without all of that.
To have it deleted, reply to that email or write to enquiries@writai.co.uk. You do not need to give a reason, there is nothing to fill in, and it will not affect your child in any way. Their statement is never published, never shown to another student, and never used to write anybody else’s.