Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy - High March School

APPENDIX 5PHOTOGRAPHYIn the Foundation Stage photographs are often taken for recording our observations ofchildren. Throughout the School photographs are used for display purposes and onour website. Cameras owned by the School are used to take photographs of thechildren for these purposes.There are a number of school cameras that can be used to take photographs of thechildren for display and marketing purposes. Any member of staff wishing to use apersonal camera or phone should first seek permission from the Headmistress.If personal cameras are used then the photographs should only be used for schoolpurposes and should be deleted as soon as possible. Photographs should only bestored on the school network and should not be held on personal computers ordisplayed on social networking websites.Parents, guardians and other family members are welcome to take photographs atschool events or when accompanying trips, but are asked to use the followingguidelines to determine when photography is appropriate and which photographs totake:To safeguard the privacy of the pupils it is our policy that photos and filmsof High March pupils will not be published on to social networking sites byparents, unless the photo or film contains only images of those parents’own children, or unless it is on the School’s official pages on these sitesand then only with the express permission of the Headmistress. Thisincludes, but is not limited to, social networking sites such as Facebookand Twitter and video sharing websites such as YouTube.Be courteous and do not let your enthusiasm for photography spoil the eventfor others.Bear in mind that flash photography can distract small children when they needto concentrate on what they are doing. In view of this we respectfully requestthat no flash photography is used during a performance. We will always try toorganise an opportunity to take photographs at the end of a performance.18