Whatsapp say 'You must access and use our Services only for legal, authorized, and acceptable purposes. However, since Whatsapp shares data with a third-party organisation, Facebook, I believe this would not be compliant, even with Privacy Shield. Data can be processed in the United States under an agreement known as Privacy Shield.
This is forbidden under GDPR, as UK data must be processed in the EU. Whatsapp terms of conditions say that data is transferred to countries around the globe including the 'United States and other countries globally where we have or use facilities, service providers, affiliated companies, or partners, regardless of where you use our Services'. Although Whatsapp have a business app, this is for businesses to link with their customers (ie the public), not designed for private chat within an organisation. Whatsapp is owned by Facebook and data can be shared between them. (Some schools have asked about use with students, the age limit set by WhatsApp's terms and conditions is 16.)
Third, there is no way that a school can access the content should it need to there is no audit trail whatsoever. First, Whatsapp says it should not be used for business it is against their terms and conditions. There are a number of serious concerns about using Whatsapp for school communications.
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