An NASUWT study involving around 7,500 teachers found that almost one in 10 have CCTV in their classroom, with the vast majority saying that it is constantly recording during lessons and that they cannot switch it off.
Around 55 per cent said that their headteachers viewed the footage, with 41 per cent reporting that footage has been used as evidence to form negative views about staff.
One teacher told researchers that they had been disciplined for disturbing another colleague’s lesson after being spotted on CCTV footage visiting the classroom.
Another said: “I have seen senior staff members with my head of department looking at footage in the school office. When I asked what my head of department was doing watching a colleague in this way she said she was trying to catch him out.”
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