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Row Over School 'Drinking' Survey

by liamssoft | June 1, 2007 at 07:13 am

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A "big brother" Ofsted survey which asks children as young as 10 if they have been drunk or smoked cigarettes has been criticised by teaching unions.

Ofsted says as the survey of 120,000 children in England aged between 10 and 15 was anonymous - parental permission was not required.

But teaching unions say children can be identified from the full postcodes the survey asks them to provide.

Education inspectors insisted these would not be used to identify children.

The inspection watchdog said the results of its Tellus2 survey - covering home life, health and bullying - would be used to help local authorities assess their success in meeting the needs of children and young people.

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Jordan Yerman

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at 10:02 on June 1st, 2007

The most interesting aspect of this is that teachers are standing up for kids who would normally be identified as transgressors. Good stuff.

liamssoft

at 10:07 on June 1st, 2007

Thank you jordan, I think children are feeling bullied by the
system also children can be identified from the full postcodes is very worrying
if this information was to get into the wrong hands.