Our school is a safe place to achieve, have fun and to develop skills. Social Media Guidelines for St George’s School:
Content of social media updates:
The primary use for this account will be to publish news that is of general interest and can therefore be released into the public domain. Social media will be useful to provide updates quickly to parents/carers in the event that a message needs t
o reach them before the weekly newsletter (additional to methods already being used by the school such as text messaging, phone calls etc.) This policy does not replace any existing IT or safer internet usage guidelines already issued by the school. It is not intended to be a guide for students or staff, but offers guidelines on how general members of the public will be allowed to engage with the school’s social media tools. Acceptable use by followers:
The school’s social media account will be monitored regularly and any postings found to contravene the below guidelines will be removed -
Do not use personal information, including contact details, or anything that could identify a member of staff, students or their parents/carers. Do not swear (although this will largely be filtered out by Facebook settings). Do not post messages that are unlawful, libellous, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented or racially offensive. Photos:
Restrictions will be placed on the posting of photos. Only photos of students authorised for publication shall be used on social media accounts. Defamation:
Any statement deemed to be defamatory will be removed from the page immediately. A defamatory statement is one that lowers the reputation of a person or organisation in the eyes of a reasonable person.
