Lancing College is very proud of its pupils’ academic, artistic, musical, dramatic and sporting achievements. We celebrate our pupils’ diverse talents and we welcome parents and families to our musical concerts, drama productions, Art and DT exhibitions and to sporting events, as well as to more formal occasions during the school year.
The walls of Houses are decorated with House and team photographs, and photographs of trips and expeditions in which our pupils have participated. We make use of digital display screens inside the school. Our website, social media accounts and the Parent Portal are updated regularly, and we produce a termly magazine called The Quad. We recognise the value for our college community in sharing news and successes via images and videos.
The College also recognises that emerging technologies, including AI and other digital editing tools, increase the risk of image misuse. The College recognises that emerging technologies, including AI and other digital editing tools, increase the risk of image misuse which is outlined in the policy. The college sets out to mitigate against the risks. The benefits of sharing images of pupils’ achievements, activities, and day-to-day school life outweigh the potential risks, provided proportionate safeguards are in place. Images strengthen our community and celebrate success. The risks of identification or misuse are low and manageable through mitigations (low-resolution images, removal of metadata, limiting direct linking of images to full names and personal information).
We would like to draw your attention to the Taking, Storing and Using Images of Pupils policy to be clear on how images of pupils are used by the college, with parameters around emerging technologies such as AI tools. You can read the policy here.
A reminder that if you wish to withdraw consent for your child’s image to be used in accordance with this policy, then you should email the headmaster (hmpa@lancing.org.uk) to make this request.
If you would like more information about image use in the college or have any questions around this, then do feel free to email me directly at gdb@lancing.org.uk.
Gary Bird
Assistant Head Safeguarding and Designated Safeguarding Lead
