Photo and video consent at school

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Please could someone be kind enough to advise?

The attachment is the photo and video consent that I signed at the beginning of the academic year for my youngest DC at primary school. It was a new policy, updated I guess from what we had signed in previous years.

I already had an argument with school who said that I had to say a blanket yes or a blanket no to everything. I refused and told them that in previous years we were allowed to yes or no each point, and that they had to accept and abide by my answers.

So, given the consents I allowed and those I did not, should my child have been filmed for a promotional video (this happened today)? Child may not be seen clearly, I have no idea. And if my child should not have been filmed, what steps should I take please? I do not want to be combative about it but I do want to have confidence that parental consent/no consent is respected by the school.

Many thanks for any advice, I would be very grateful.

What will happen to the promotional video and what did it consist of ? Who will have access to it?

I am asking as sometimes we film twice, once with all the children and it's for school/parents only and one without the children that don't have permission if we also plan to share it on SM, to the paper, academy etc.

Apologies @ObviousNameChage, I did not mention it, I had to check. It is to be used on the school website. It was a PE lesson in smaller groups, I have not idea whether my child's face would be seen or not. I am really just looking for the best way to tackle it please...

Can you ask the school to view it, as your child may not actually be visible at all

I'd just remind school that you don't consent to her image being used. They will probably have filled lots of kids, and know that they will have to edit some out.

School haven't done anything wrong by just filming, there's only a problem if they want to use the footage.

Agree with Zarene. This form is not about whether the school can take photos of or video your child. However, if your child's face is clearly visible in the version used on their website, they would be in breach.

We sometimes pretend to film all the groups so no-one feels left out but put all the children we don’t have consent to go on the website together in one of the groups so we know we can use the other groups on the website without anyone accidentally being in the shots. Could that be the case? I would pop the school a polite email just to query/ remind.

Filming isn't publishing. If you are worried, you can remind the school. But most likely the person editing will already be ensuring that the final film contains no footage of children who don't have the relevant permissions.

We don't, and shouldn't, exclude pupils from lessons because their photo can't go online.

First thing would be an email enquiring whether your child will be visible and reminding them about what you consented to.

Depending on how they reply you can request to see the video yourself,before it goes up on the website.

If it was in small groups,it's possible that only some will be put on the website and the one that your child is in won't.

But you do need to and have every right to check .

Once you know all this, it might very well be fine and no further action needed. If your DD was to be featured but now won't, just an email to the head pointing out your consent or lack of and the near miss and asking for reassurances that it won't happen again should be enough. If your DD actually ends up on the website(worst case scenario) you can escalate with a complaint to the head and if necessary and applicable with the governor responsible for safeguarding.