Part 5 - English Schools Have Become Surveillance Institutions The surveillance of children in English schools isn't just a privacy concern for today, it creates lasting harms that extend far into adulthood and shape the kind of society we become. Children learn what's normal from their

Part 4 - English Schools Have Become Surveillance Institutions CPOMS (Child Protection Online Management System) is viewed by over 20,000 schools across the UK and approximately 16,5000 globally. The system serves a legitimate and important purpose, recording safeguarding concerns about children to ensure vulnerable children don't

Three times per year, in January, May and October, every school in England must submit detailed data on every pupil to the Department for Education through the School Census. This data feeds into the National Pupil Database (NPD), creating what the DfE itself describes as "one of the richest

Part 2 - English Schools Have Become Surveillance Institutions Schools have handed an entire generation's behavioural, education, and personal data to American technology companies. What began as pragmatic solutions to classroom management and remote learning have become deeply embedded surveillance infrastructure that track, profile, and permanently record children&

Part 1 - English Schools Have Become Surveillance Institutions Schools have normalised the constant photographing and public broadcasting of other peoples children. Walk into any primary school and you'll find teachers with iPad's or phones, snapping photos of four-year-olds at the painting table, seven-year-olds reading aloud,