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How can I separate a school speaking assessment from permission to put my child's video on a public website?

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The teacher's message says the class will record their poems, and selected videos will go on the school's public website. My daughter is happy to perform for her class. She doesn't want a video of herself online.

We're in England. She's twelve and has practised the poem for a speaking assessment. I asked whether she could be assessed without publication. The reply said it would be a shame to hide good work and offered to use only her first name.

I appreciate the teacher wanting to celebrate the class. A first name doesn't settle my daughter's concern about her face and voice being available publicly. I don't yet know whether the recording is required for marking or whether that is separate from the website plan.

What should I ask next so we can resolve the assessment and publication as two decisions? I want her to complete the learning task, and I want her concern heard before the camera is set up.

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The ICO's [current schools guidance](https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/schools/photos/) says pupils or guardians should be informed how official photos or videos will be used, and recommends an opportunity to opt out of image use. It is marked as under review. Ask the school about its publication process and applicable arrangements rather than assuming a first-name-only edit resolves the issue.

Your daughter has distinguished performing to classmates from appearing on a public site. Keep her own wording in the conversation. There is no need to frame it as refusing the poem when she has already practised it.

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