Acceptable Use Policy

Storyjar is for children's learning moments

It is a place for a child's own work — drawings, photos of what they've made or done, and their words — kept for the class journal. It is not a general photo store, a messaging tool, or a place for personal or sensitive records.

The teacher's role

Every moment passes through a teacher before it is kept. Teachers should approve only content that is appropriate, and send back or delete anything that is not. Please do not approve:

• Images or text that identify a child beyond their first name (e.g. surnames, addresses, dates of birth) or that show another child without the school's consent arrangements being met.
• Anything upsetting, unsafe, discriminatory, or unlawful.
• Personal or special-category information that isn't needed for the journal (e.g. medical or family details).
• Content that isn't the child's own learning work.

Not allowed

• Giving a child their own login, email or password (they don't need one).
• Sharing login details or letting unauthorised adults access children's work.
• Using Storyjar to contact children directly or outside the school's supervision.
• Attempting to access another class's or family's data, or to circumvent access controls.
• Uploading malware, or content that infringes others' rights.

If something's wrong

If inappropriate content is uploaded, a teacher should return or delete it and, if it raises a safeguarding concern, follow the school's procedures and inform the Designated Safeguarding Lead. See the Safeguarding page. We may suspend access where needed to protect children.