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The Department for Education (DfE) buys copyright licences for all state-funded primary and secondary schools in England covering schools for almost all their copyright requirements.

Purchasing these licences directly means thatDfEcan save schools money and the administrative time involved in applying for many different licences.

The licences mean you can copy, re-use and share content from a wide range of sources within your school for non-commercial, educational purposes.

Your school leadership (head and chair of governors) needs to make sure that:

• all intended activities are covered adequately by the licences
• all staff follow the terms and conditions

For more information on what content you can use, and how to gain other permissions, contact the relevant organisation from the following list.

The copyright licences cover a range of content from printed materials to radio and TV broadcasts:

• Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), for copying text and still images from most books, journals and magazines plus a range of digital publications
• Printed Music Licensing Ltd (PMLL)provides the Schools Printed Music Licence (SPML) which allows schools to make copies and arrangements of sheet music as part of music education, including instrumental lessons. This licence allows schools to share digital sheet music, including as a PDF file, directly onto a smartboard within a classroom or using a platform (where the terms and conditions refer to the SPML). TheCentre for Education and Finance Management (CEFM) operate a helpline to assist with any general queries relating to the SPML. The collection of information on works copied and arranged under the licence is operated by PMLL in partnership withEvery Copy Counts. Further information about the licence is available from PMLL
• NLA Media Access, for copying from newspapers and magazines. The Copyright Licensing Agency administers this licence and has information oncopying from print and digital newspapers
• Educational Recording Agency (ERA), for recording and use of radio and television programmes and clips, including catch-up services like BBC iPlayer, for educational use. The Centre for Education and Finance Management administers this licence andoperates a helpdesk for schools providing information about the licence
• Performing Rights Society for Music (PRS), for musical performances, recording and digital music use:
  • PRS Performance Licence - covers schools for the public performance of musical repertoire controlled by PRS for Music for use at school activities and school events. CEFM administersthis licence
  • Schools Digital Licence - covers a school for mechanical, performing and synchronisation use. This includes student performances, creating content containing music for use within schools for stream and download, sharing videos through servers and learning management systems
  • Schools Recording Licence - covers mechanical rights for recording and copying carried out by schools. This includes making recordings of student performances containing music, use of personal music services in schools, such as Spotify, creating playlists of music for use in drama, music and dance performance, producing physical products such as CDs and DVDs containing music which can be given away or sold for fundraising purposes and copying or recording music onto school servers
• Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL), for playing recorded music. CEFM administersthis licence
• Motion Picture Licensing Companyfor showing films
• Filmbankmediafor showing films. This includes the right for schools to use the IntoFilm platform to digitally stream films for educational and extra-curricular purposes. Into Film+ is fully copyright compliant, meaning that content can be streamed legally and safely in all school settings. The service features over 700 films and was built in partnership with teachers. Content is searchable by age and subject relevance and supported by a catalogue of over 1000 downloadable teaching resources, making it easy to incorporate film into lesson plans and activities such as after-school clubs. State schools in England have access to the Into Film + Premium streaming service
• Christian Copyright Licensing Internationalfor copying and projecting hymns and other Christian music

If you require a copy of any of these licences, or further information about them, you should contact the relevant copyright management organisation (or, where applicable, its agent) as listed.

These licences are administered by the copyright management organisations (CMOs) on behalf of multiple copyright owners. These rights are granted through the licences, which provide access to all the materials held by each CMO under the terms of each licence.

CMOs collect data on schools usage of copyright materials to allow them to distribute payments fairly among their members to reflect this level of usage. We expect schools which are contacted by a CMO as part of a sample and asked to provide data on their usage of copyright materials to do so. This will support the effective running of the scheme and the fair remuneration of rights holders and artists by CMOs. We also encourage schools to provide reporting on their usage through platforms provided by CMOs.

Some CMOs offer free resources to schools to support the use of these licences and we encourage schools to make the best use of these. Resources available include:

• Educational Recording Agency: this licence offers links to broadcast resources and provides a collection of case studies showing how teachers use television and radio effectively in their lessons

• Performing Rights Society for Music (PRS): The music recording licences held by the department allow schools to make recordings of student performances for sale or giving away to students, family, friends or to raise funds for the school or recordings solely used for the giving and receiving of tuition or student films that are shown only as part of the students course work, educational assessment, student competitions and the students personal portfolio. Commercial manufacture and sale are not covered by the licences and would require an Audio Product (AP2) Licence

• Copyright Licensing Agency: CLAsCheck Permissions toolenables you to check whether you can copy from a particular publication under the terms of theCLAand NLA Media Access licences. (Note that images copied under these licences are covered for internal distribution within the school, but not for sharing on a public facing website.) It also helps you to check whether you can copy from a particular publication under the terms of the Schools Printed Music Licence. You can also use CLAsEducation Platformif your school is covered by the