General principles

• Pupil photos & video recordings may be used for identification purposes and evidencing educational development. Such data will not be shared unless the law requires us to do so, or specific consent has been provided by the parent/carer.
• Videos may be taken of lessons to support staff development; these may be seen by other teachers in school for staff training.
• Where video or sound recording is required as part of an exam course for moderation purposes, such as drama, dance, music & PE, consent is not required other than opting to choose to study the course.
• Parents / carers are welcome to take videos and photos of their children at school events for their own personal use. However, to respect everyone’s privacy rights and in some cases protection, these images must not be published or made publicly available on social networking sites, nor should parents / carers comment on any activities involving other students in the images / footage. Websites and social media can be viewed throughout the world, not just in the United Kingdom, where UK law applies. When images are posted on the internet, it is not possible to prevent others from reposting them.
• Futura Schools use third party school photographers. These third parties come into school to take pictures of pupils (and their siblings) and pass the images back to the school. Proofs are distributed to parents / carers by the school. Parents / carers wishing to purchase images, do so by direct payment to the photographer. Schools are able to provide information on the specific photographer used in each school & direct parents / carers to their photographer’s own data protection policy.
• Additional and specific consent for use by external agencies/companies may be sought.
• For further information about how pupils’ personal information is collected and managed, please refer to the Privacy notice for pupils on the Futura website here.

Parental consent – school news & events

By consenting to ‘school news and events’, parents/carers give consent to the following:

• Images may be used in the school newsletters & information bulletins. These publications may be printed or published on-line via the school’s website. School websites do not have restricted access.
• Images or video footage may be used on school social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp and Instagram. Note: social media accounts may not be closed groups.
• Students’ full names will not be shown alongside any published image.
• If parents do not want their child’s image to be shown on any of the aforementioned social media sites, they should withdraw consent for this category. It is not possible for the school to differentiate between permission granted for certain social media platforms (e.g. Facebook) but not others (e.g. Twitter).

Promotional material

• Images may be used in the school on activity boards, screens or reception area for promotional purpose. Note:  this is separate from our statutory obligation to display work around the school, which may contain personal information; schools do not require consent to do this.
• Images or video footage may be used on the school or Trust website for publicity purposes.
• Images may be used in printed materials such as the school prospectus.
• Images or video footage may be used in the media (local / national press). Pupils’ names will only be published in exceptional circumstances, and with parent / carer permission.
• Unless parents / carers give express consent, pupils’ full names will not be shown alongside any published image.

If parents do not want their child’s image to be used for specific purposes (e.g. prospectus, but not media), consent should be withdrawn. It is not possible for the school to differentiate between permission granted for certain promotional material or social media platforms but not others.

Curriculum – Seesaw

• Images or videos may be used on seesaw as part of a pupil’s own learning journal
• Images or videos of your child may be used in a group photo on Seesaw 
• In  indicating your consent, you are agreeing to your child holding a Seesaw account and to you treating photographs containing images of other children for your own personal use only. This means that the information cannot be shared with others, or published in any way, without the explicit consent of the parents or carers of those children who may be included. For example, any such photographs cannot be posted on a social networking sites or displayed in a public place.

Parental consent

Parents provide photo and video consent for their child’s image through the Parental Consents section of the MyChildAtSchool (MCAS) parent portal, or by contacting the school.

Parents / carers can withdraw consent at any time either through their MCAS account or by contacting the school. However, please let the office know if you have made any updates which change permissions.