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The surveillance system Classwatch covers all classrooms, the corridors, playgrounds and dining room at Stockwell Park High.

It was introduced to combat truancy, prevent vandalism, protect teachers from false allegations against them and deter intruders. The cameras also film lessons to monitor staff technique and expose poor teaching.

One hundred schools across Britain have introduced similar measures — but the average number of classrooms fitted with the technology in those cases is five.

Stockwell Park High has put two cameras in each of its 28 classrooms, plus an additional 40 cameras in other areas throughout the building. The system costs £60,000 a year to run.

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers said the school was taking the concept to an extreme and compared their approach to the totalitarian state portrayed in George Orwell's Big Brother.

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the group, said: "Schools should not have to resort to technology to fight bullying and bad behaviour. CCTV can be useful to monitor outside areas and may help cut down on vandalism, but we have grave concerns about using it as panacea for all the problems a school faces." Judette Tapper, headteacher at