About photos nursery children on Facebook?

[Stephthegreat]

My sons nursery has posted on Facebook today and this is a public page so anyone can see. The children are doing messy play and are all undressed even the 3 & 4 year olds just in knickers and vests.There are lots of photos and some very close up.AIBU to think is is a bit careless of them?

In my sons previous nursery they just used an apron and change of clothes for messy play.

Picked my son up today and there’s a few supply staff there due to sickness with staff.Theres a man there I’d never met and he said he had been brought in for @ few days had safety check etc which I know is fine.

Are you sure it's a public page and not a closed group page that you were added to? I find it really strange a nursery had its page public.

Regardless though, why are they stripping off for messy play? And photos in their undies are not appropriate even for private group. Tell them to buy some aprons!

Make sure you've taken screenshots so that you have evidence if you do take it further

Thanks yes the nursery page is definitely public,I don’t want to identify them but the page is definitely public and the post is public as are all of them.

My issue with the man helping out isn’t a gender based one, he told me he is the owners son in law and just become a caretaker at another local primary school and had been asked to help out because staff were off sick at the nursery. He has no childcare qualifications but had DBS due to his caretaker job. He had no uniform or ID.

I scrolled through the previous photos on Facebook for the nursery and they’ve never been photographed in undies. They’ve done countless messy play sessions in their clothes and with aprons but never in undies.

My concern really isn’t just about these images being public on Facebook but that these children now see this experience of being photographed in front of a stranger in their undies as a normal experience. Im not insinuating that this man is doing anything wrong but I do think the nursery aren’t putting the children’s safety and welfare at heart.

They have a sister site which is the same nursery but runs out of school club.it was recently judged inadequate by ofsted due to lack of dbs checks and references on employees not being followed up.

The nursery where my son is is rated good but hasn’t been assessed for a long time.

If this is all true I'd actually be inclined to report to the police. This all seems very inappropriate. I would also not be sending my child back.

It is true, I only checked the ofsted for the sister site last night. My sons nursery was rated in 2015 by ofsted.

The sister site was really slated by ofsted for not doing the background checks and dbs,etc.

Hardly slept all night worrying about this because I seem like the only parent who thinks it’s bad and I’m supposed to send my son there today but not going to.

Report to ofsted

I agree with you OP. Keep him off for now and look for a childminder/ new nursery. You’re never going to be happy with them after all this.

I agree. Report to Ofsted, take him out, report on FB and get the pictures removed. It is not just that they took the photos and posted them (though that is bad enough), but that the children were stripped down AT ALL. Absolutely bizarre behaviour. And I don’t think it is appropriate for a school caretaker to be covering for staff no matter who he is related to.

If you have complained about the image of your son in underwear being posted publically and they have responded by changing the permissions on it so ithers can still see it but you can't, then that is abysmal. Please screenshot what you can see and what your husband can see. Did you state you had not consented to photos of your son in his underwear and wanted them taken down? This shows appalling boundaries and lack of judgment. I wonder if they have also breached confidentiality/data protection. The only appropriate response would have been to take down the photos and inform and apologise to all parents.

I wouldn't be happy about it. I'd complain to management & probably Ofsted too.

I know at our nursey if they're doing footprints with paint they strip them down to pants as there are usually a couple that fall over. They stick an 'ankle/foot' shot in to the learning journal but the photos never appear on fb. They only really put photos of displays & the parent helpers up on there, never the children. In the cotract I had last year there was a clause in the photograpy form that said we'd be asked for a seperate permission slip to be signed if our child was to appear on social media, the website or in the press (& any website associated with it).

😮 I have a dbs but it doesn't mean I could just walk into any random Nursery and start work there!
That is worrying!!!

The photo needs taking down. Go in and make them remove it.

Screen shot if first so you have evidence.

Then report it all to ofsted, they have to do an investigation if someone reports to them.

I wouldn't be happy with this. There's no need for them to be in underwear, it's freezing cold for a start. The man helping there with no qualifications or training is also not good.

I'm not at all in any way precious about photos of my children on social media but even I would be disturbed by this.

I work in a crèche.

Having pictures online of children in their underwear is VERY bad practice! Shocking really. I would cut the manager to shreds. And I wouldn’t give a shit if other parents ‘liked’ the photo, they aren’t thinking about their child’s safety and right to privacy.

I don’t like photos of children on public social media full stop, there’s absolutely no need for it.

Not acceptable.

I’m still in shock about it,Im waiting to hear from the nursery manager.I don’t know why they’re taking these risks?its just complacency or carelessness?

They are a massive childcare provider,they do the before and after school care for the local primary,preschool and also holiday club on the same site.They also have a sister site as I said before.

I’d go into the nursery in person today but I’d have to take my son and I don’t want to do that.I want the nursery manager to ring me, she’s liked the photos on Facebook too though so I’m wondering how this conversation will go.

Our nursery has a closed facebook page and never posted any photos of children unless fully dressed, and with parental permission via a form. yet when they had their Ofsted inspection last year they were told to remove all of the photos of the children. So I would think Ofsted would take a very dim view of this. I certainly wouldn't be happy as a parent about this, and I am generally quite happy to share photos of my children (if fully dressed). I would definitely report to Ofsted as a general point (publicly available facebook page) even if they do take this particular picture down as it's really not good practice and could potentially place a child at risk.

I would be unsure how far to complain to the nursery directly as the behaviour is so inappropriate it requires much more than a begrudging hiding or taking down of photos. I would have a conversation with Ofsted as PPs have advised and take it from there.

I also find this very worrying. More so, because I assume several pictures were taken and not only the one that is on fb. If you can, I would ask which camera was used. if there is one camera or phone that belongs to the nursery and has all photos, that might be fine, but if a nursery worker took pictures with their own devise and might take them home, then that is quite a different level.

Cheesecake there are several photos of the children in their underwear!there must be around 20 altogether,I’ve flagged it on Facebook but it looks like either Facebook or the nursery have hidden them from me but they are still on public view to other people.

Still waiting for nursery manager to call me.