"The breach involved the accidental disclosure of a spreadsheet sent to our parent body that contained student names, DOB, gender, parent/carer contact telephone numbers of students in Years 7 to 11. We have apologised to our school community for this incident and have been responding to any concerns throughout. Our first step was to contain the breach by contacting our management information system provider and ensuring that the SMS message was removed and recalled."
"We also asked parents/carers who received this information to delete it as soon as possible. We have reported this to the Trust Data Protection Officer, who is investigating this breach, will liaise with the ICO as necessary and will put measures in place to ensure this doesn't happen again."
Tudor Grange secondary school exposed personal data of students in Years 7–11 when a spreadsheet was mistakenly shared with parents during a flu consent communication. The exposed fields included student names, gender, dates of birth and parent/carer contact telephone numbers. The exposure was accessible only to those with access to the school's Bromcom-powered intranet and was active between 09:50 and 09:59 on Monday 8 September. The school contained the breach by contacting its management information system provider and recalling the SMS, and asked parents to delete the file. The Trust Data Protection Officer is investigating and will liaise with the ICO as necessary. Parents expressed concern about the risk to affected children.
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