Occasionally, we may take photographs of the children at our school. We may use these images in our schools prospectus or in other printed publications that we produce, as well as on our website or on project display boards at our school. Wemay also make video or webcam recordings for school-to-school conferences,monitoring or other educational use.From time to time, our school may be visited by the media who will take photographs or film footage of a visiting dignitary or other high profile event. Pupils will often appear in these images, which may appear in local or national newspapers, or on televised news programmes.To comply with the Data Protection Act 1998, we need your permission before we can photograph or make any recordings of your child for promotional purposes. Please answer questions 1 to 4 below, then sign and date the form where shown.

Please note that websites can be viewed throughout the world and not just in the United Kingdom where UK law applies. Please also note that the conditions for use of these photographs are below.

Conditions of use

1 This form is valid for the period of time your child attends this school. The consent will automatically expire after this time.
2 We will not re-use any photographs or recordings *after your child leaves this
school / *after the project is completed.
3 We will not use the personal details or full names (which means first name and surname) of any child or adult in a photographic image on video, on our website, in our school prospectus or in any of our other printed publications without good reason. For example, we may include the full name of a pupil in a newsletter to parents if the pupil has won an award.
4 If we name a pupil in the text, we will not use a photograph of that child to
accompany the article without good reason. (See point 3 above.)
5 We will not include personal e-mail or postal addresses, or telephone or fax
numbers on video, on our website, in our school prospectus or in other printed
publications.
6 We may include pictures of pupils and teachers that have been drawn by the
pupils.
7 We may use group or class photographs or footage with very general labels,
such as “a dancing practice” or “rehearsing Christmas songs”.
8 We will only use images of pupils who are suitably dressed, to reduce the risk of such images being used inappropriately.

Please note that the press are exempt from the Data Protection Act and may want to include the names and personal details of children and adults in the media.