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Surrey teenager who took her own life ‘was not safe at school’, say parents

Surrey teenager who took her own life ‘was not safe at school’, say parents

Surrey teenager who took her own life ‘was not safe at school’, say parents
12 December 2021

The parents of a 15-year-old autistic girl who died by suicide after her school did not monitor her online activity have described the circumstances of her death as a “catastrophic failure” as they warned the Department for Education (DfE) against complacency.

Frances-Rose Thomas, known as Frankie, took her own life at home in Witley, Surrey, on 25 September 2018 after reading a story that involved suicide on a school iPad, which had no safety features.

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