Council claims ‘whitewash’ after school bullying

A Scottish Council was revised weeks later after a record about an bullying incident by Britain’s information guard.

Eastern Dunbartorch Council first A loss to a parents Who claimed that the story of his daughter’s bullying was being “whitewash” in favor of her school.

The council reported them that the incident was properly logged at that time and it was not possible to revise the records rebelled, but later admitted that it was not the case.

The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has ruled the backdating of these records, which do not comply with data security laws. The East Dunbartor Syar Council said it had taken action to address the issues raised.

A row center on a nationwide education is the IT system called skisis that is used to record pupil data and to track complaints of bullying.

Concerns have already been raised about how SESIS is accessed and used by employees between fears In schools, bullying has been recorded less,

A petition has also been filed by the Public Sector Governance Campaign Group Accountability Scotland for measures to stop teachers who have been recorded with Scottish Parliament along with Scottish Parliament.

A spokesman for the group said: “It is clearly in public interest that school records are accurate like NHS or other public systems of records such as police.

“This ICO decision is excellent news because sufficient safety measures are really required to prevent history to be written again.

“This is a Scotland-wide issue. If teachers take advantage of the deficiencies in the system, it means that parents are not getting the whole story.”

The case of East Dunbarteshire began when a parent who has not named, complained to his daughter’s school of a formal bullying.

Father-3 said that his daughter later returned to this school, which is in East Dunbartineshire, but then there was another incident that included a dangerous weapon that did not pay any attention in a supervised sports field.

The school told the parents, who acts as a data analyst, that the incident was properly logged on to the log, but the father later suspected that the case was not the case.

The East Dunbarteshire Council told the parents that it was not possible to edit the records of an arms related incident, but did not release them when asked.

After a civil court challenge, the council was forced to release the data, showing that three records were made after the incident, including backdating records.

The contents of these changes are not recorded by the system.

In response to the parents’ complaint about the backdating issue, ICO said that this practice was not to comply with data security law.

It states: “The practice of changing the date on a note on Sikis System is not available with the obligation of being transparent in relation to a person’s personal data processing.

“While the notes themselves may be an accurate record of an event or opinion, they are not necessarily accurate if the date has been changed.”

The ICO told the East Dunborteshire Council that it should change the functionality of Sikis so that the notes could not be backdated.

Greg Bremer, Chief Education Officer of the local authority, said: “While the council does not comment on personal matters, it had already taken action to address the issue raised by the ICO.”

Earlier this year, BBC News revealed Over 3,600 incidents of racism or racist bullying In 2024, Scotland schools were recorded, compared to 2,400 a year ago.

Campaigors say that the correct figure will be higher as councils are not complying with the guidance of the Scottish government so that all events can be properly logged.

Scottish Conservative MSP Dr. for West Scotland. Palm Gosal said: “Scotland violence in schools is getting worse, all are reporting a deteriorating situation with teachers, parents and students.

“We can only deal with rising violence and bullying if the records are preserved properly, and all can have full confidence in the system.”

Part of the symbol system was rolled out in 2019 to monitor the incidence of bullying, but last Research by Watchdog Education Scotland suggested that many schools are not using it properly,