Guidance

Protection of children's biometric information in schools

Guidance for schools, sixth-form colleges, 16 to 19 academies and further education institutions wishing to use automated biometric recognition systems.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 13 December 2012
• Last updated: 20 July 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Protection of biometric information of children in schools

PDF, 247 KB, 19 pages

Details

This guidance sets out the legal duties of schools and colleges that wish to use pupils’ biometric information with automated biometric recognition systems.

Published 13 December 2012
Last updated 20 July 2022 + show all updates

1. 20 July 2022

   Updated to reflect changes in the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, provide an oversight of relevant legislation when processing pupil’s/student's sensitive data and give more detail about the responsibilities schools and colleges have as data controllers when using biometric technology.

2. 22 March 2018

   Updated guidance to extend use of biometric data to further education colleges.

3. 13 December 2012

   First published.