No requirement to have a CCTV policy
There's no legislation that says you need this policy, although your school or trust may choose to have one to set out how you'll use any CCTV cameras on your premises.
Under the UK GDPR, you will need to include details of any CCTV usage in your privacy notices where relevant, but these are the only documents it must be mentioned in.
Consider these key points
Below we suggest what might be included in a CCTV policy but, since it’s non-statutory, there's room for variation.
It’s not meant as a guide for writing a policy, as that’s your school or trust leaders’ job, but use it to give you a sense of what to look out for when reviewing it.
Aims and objectives
The purpose of the CCTV system, such as to: Make members of the school community feel safe Deter criminality in the school Assist police to deter and detect crime What the CCTV system