From the responses this looks similar to many DP matters, with much
potential variation in practice and expectation. I expect the appropriate
answer at any given time will be dependant on the circumstance in the
school/class and its people.
Ian W
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> My wife works in a school, in the nursery class.
>
> "Please may I have a list of the children's names," said a
> parent. "I want to send all the children a Christmas Card."
>
> A teacher said "yes", and prepared a list to hand out. But
> "Child's forename, Nursery, Floggings Primary School" is
> sufficient to identify a living individual. Not uniquely in
> the case of a John, but in the case of the names in this
> class, trust me, it's unique!
>
> So, may the list be handed out? No permissions of any
> description have ever been gathered for this purpose.
>
> (The School name WAS "Bloggins" but M$ Spilling chucker
> suggesting "Floggings". Cute or what?)
>
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