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.

I think it is quite normal to have unqualified people cover sickness etc in nurseries. Lots of unqualified staff work in nurseries too!

Really? I always though an agency would be used?

How do they get around the DBS check and references that would normally be standard in employing anyone working with children?

Agencies are expensive. You said this man already had a DBS from working in a school? References are easy enough to chase up.

I am shocked at this thread and OP I am really annoyed that a whole day appears to have gone by and you STILL haven't contacted OFSTED or your Local Authority.Believe me, this is NOT normal practise! What the hell are you waiting for?

@stephthegreat

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Do we get an update OP on what the nursery are saying/if you have reported them?

Wrong thread sorry!!!

I’ve reported the nursery to ofsted but feel very bad about it.My son loved going there,I feel like the nursery manager gave me no choice though because she was so dismissive of my concerns.

I live in quite a small village and I really worry that the other parents just think I’m making trouble and will avoid me.Its only 18 months ago the village was in uproar over the local rehab unit (half a mile from the nursery) taking in sex offenders.Many people protested and saw it as a risk, it went ahead nevertheless but it’s all forgotten now.

I don’t understand how people can see the risks as above but not care if their nursery puts photos of their children in their underwear on social media publicly.

Well done
You've done the right thing

You should google your local authority's designated officer (LADO) and report your concerns to them.

Thank you for update. You have absolutely done the right thing.Be pleased and proud of yourself. Trust your instincts.The practise in this Nursery is WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! I hope you get your little boy settled into a new setting. X

If the nursery staff have posted pics of the children in their care online that goes against all professional nursery/school rules. You are right to complain. Can I ask how your dc’s nursery employed unprofessional supply staff? Surely they would have closed unless there was a professional member of staff to oversee?

Penny there were regular members of staff there too and my son always enjoyed being at the nursery because on the whole they had great relationships with the children.

The day when the undies photos were taken there was also a man there who was a caretaker for the local primary, he was related to the manager and had a DBS but no experience or background working with children.I know the two things are unrelated but because they happened on the same day and both concerned me I posted about them at the same time.

As far as I know the experienced staff took the photos of the kids in their undies,countless parents and even the nursery managers have liked them.Its bewildering that they think this is ok,I would never post photos on my son in his underpants on Facebook publicly!

Or on Facebook at all! Any photos of my son are with his clothes all on, I don’t post swimming trunk pics on Facebook either.

I run a pre school and also think you have done the right thing. We have a closed facebook group and I wouldn't even post these types of pictures on there. When I do take pictures I am always thinking about who has given me permission to use them and work round the ones who haven't.

With regard to the man I wouldn't be overly concerned as long as the members of staff who were in that day were correctly qualified to enable the setting to run. It could have been presented to the parent's better as to why he was in - the setting may have had to close that day due to illness so they drafted somebody in to help. I would be concerned that this man came in ands, effectively, took over the running of the setting. Where was the deputy?

I also think the owner needs a slap (figure of speech!) to even think it was ok to have these pictures on an open site and to like them. I am gobsmacked.

I think (could be way off the mark) that they might be related. Why did these photo's get taken on the day the manager wasn't in but he was. If it was a planned activity I would have mentioned it to my parents that that's what we are planning to do. It just sounds dodgy to me and in this day and age nursery's can't be seen to be doing anything dodgy.

The manager was in that day but not not in the morning when they did this activity but there was a supervisor there.She is also in the photos and has liked them on social media!

It looks like some of the older children didn’t feel comfortable with the stripping off and can be seen on the outskirts of the activity fully clothed and just using a brush on the floor.But there are photos of the children who are around 4 close up who are just in their undies as well as the smaller children.I don’t know what went through the supervisors mind to think this was a great idea.

The man is on these photos, he may have taken some too .He is probably completely innocent,it just seems an odd activity and to photograph it and put it out there publicly on social media is scarily out of touch with my understanding of safe practice! He’s very much in with the management and staff, very pally.

I’m not even sure he has a DBS at all,the manager said he does have one but I think he only accepted his caretaker job a few weeks ago before that he worked in a pub for 7 years. Found this out through another parent, she thinks I’m just a meddler, all the parents are very friendly with staff and managers.

And I looked on the fb page of the nursery manager who has bought a brand new sports car recently and already owns 2 4x4s.

So I don’t think money is an issue here,why didn’t she hire agency staff to cover staff sickness that day?makes no sense especially after their sister site was judged inadequate for lack of background checks and dbs on staff