diff --git a/client/src/components/rooms/RoomWidget.vue b/client/src/components/rooms/RoomWidget.vue
index c6b5814e..d0cfd58c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/rooms/RoomWidget.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/rooms/RoomWidget.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
       <room-group-widget v-bind="schoolClass"></room-group-widget>
       <room-entry-count-widget :entryCount="entryCount"></room-entry-count-widget>
     </router-link>
-    <div class="room-widget__footer">
+    <div class="room-widget__footer" v-if="canEditRoom">
       <div>
         <a @click="showMenu = !showMenu" class="room-widget__more-link">
           <ellipses></ellipses>
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
   import RoomEntryCountWidget from '@/components/rooms/RoomEntryCountWidget';
   import WidgetPopover from '@/components/rooms/WidgetPopover';
 
+  import {meQuery} from '@/graphql/queries';
+
   export default {
     props: ['slug', 'title', 'entryCount', 'appearance', 'schoolClass', 'id'],
 
@@ -42,16 +44,26 @@
 
     data() {
       return {
-        showMenu: false
+        showMenu: false,
+        me: {
+          permissions: []
+        }
       }
     },
 
     computed: {
       roomClass() {
         return `room-widget--${this.appearance}`
+      },
+      canEditRoom() {
+        return this.me.permissions.includes('users.can_manage_school_class_content');
       }
     },
 
+    apollo: {
+      me: meQuery
+    },
+
     methods: {
       deleteRoom(id) {
         this.$apollo.mutate({
diff --git a/server/rooms/mutations.py b/server/rooms/mutations.py
index bc43bebc..a1b84f53 100644
--- a/server/rooms/mutations.py
+++ b/server/rooms/mutations.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import graphene
+from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from graphene import relay
 from graphql_relay import to_global_id, from_global_id
 
@@ -64,9 +65,14 @@ class DeleteRoom(relay.ClientIDMutation):
     errors = graphene.List(graphene.String)
 
     @classmethod
-    def mutate_and_get_payload(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+    def mutate_and_get_payload(cls, root, info, **kwargs):
         id = kwargs.get('id')
         room = get_object(Room, id)
+        user = info.context.user
+        if not user.has_perm('users.can_manage_school_class_content'):
+            raise PermissionDenied('Missing permissions')
+        if room.school_class not in user.school_classes.all():
+            raise PermissionDenied('Permission denied: Incorrect school classes')
         room.delete()
         return cls(success=True)
 
diff --git a/server/rooms/tests/test_room_delete_edit_permissions.py b/server/rooms/tests/test_room_delete_edit_permissions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ef3833d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/rooms/tests/test_room_delete_edit_permissions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
+from graphene.test import Client
+from graphql_relay import to_global_id
+
+from api.schema import schema
+from rooms.factories import RoomFactory
+from rooms.models import Room
+from users.models import User, SchoolClass
+from users.services import create_users
+
+
+class RoomDeleteEditPermissionsTestcase(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        create_users()
+        self.teacher = User.objects.get(username='teacher')
+        self.teacher2 = User.objects.get(username='teacher2')
+        self.student = User.objects.get(username='student1')
+        school_class = SchoolClass.objects.get(name='skillbox')
+        self.room = RoomFactory(school_class=school_class)
+        self.mutation = '''
+        mutation DeleteRoom($input: DeleteRoomInput!) {
+          deleteRoom(input: $input) {
+            success
+            errors
+          }
+        }
+        '''
+        self.variables = {
+            'input': {
+                'id': to_global_id('RoomNode', self.room.id)
+            }
+        }
+
+    def test_delete_own_room(self):
+        self.assertEqual(Room.objects.count(), 1)
+        request = RequestFactory().get('/')
+        request.user = self.teacher
+        self.client = Client(schema=schema, context_value=request)
+
+
+        result = self.client.execute(self.mutation, variables=self.variables)
+
+        self.assertIsNone(result.get('errors'))
+        self.assertEqual(Room.objects.count(), 0)
+
+    def test_delete_room_as_student(self):
+        self.assertEqual(Room.objects.count(), 1)
+        request = RequestFactory().get('/')
+        request.user = self.student
+        self.client = Client(schema=schema, context_value=request)
+
+        result = self.client.execute(self.mutation, variables=self.variables)
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(result.get('errors'))
+        self.assertEqual(Room.objects.count(), 1)
+
+    def test_delete_room_of_other_class(self):
+        self.assertEqual(Room.objects.count(), 1)
+        request = RequestFactory().get('/')
+        request.user = self.teacher2
+        self.client = Client(schema=schema, context_value=request)
+
+        result = self.client.execute(self.mutation, variables=self.variables)
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(result.get('errors'))
+        self.assertEqual(Room.objects.count(), 1)