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Education Minister Jason Clare has criticised the failure of a prestigious girls school in Brisbane, after a leaked internal document showed teachers had commented on the appearance, behaviour and personalities of children.
Year 11 students at Somerville House, a 126-year-old boarding and day school in South Brisbane, stumbled upon a spreadsheet and found teachers had made notes about them.
Parents were then asked to think of the teachers, with students blamed for sharing the document.
Exams have been pushed back a day while the school investigates.
Clare said the school has failed in this instance.
“They’ve failed the students, and they’ve failed the parents of the kids who go to that school,” he told Weekend Today.
“Schools have got to collect information, but they’ve got to do it in a secure way, and they’ve also got to do it in a professional way.
“And I don’t those things has happened here.”
9news.com.au has contacted Somerville House for comment.
Somerville House was established in 1899 and is a prep to year 12 girls school taking day and boarding students.
Fees start at $23,000 to more than $30,000 a year.
