A school has come under fire after it accidentally showed a group of children porn instead of 'Paddington 2'.
Children showed porn instead of film
Teachers at Croft Academy in West Midlands were left red faced after they were forced to explain to parents that there had been a failure in filters while they were trying to stream the kids' film and the youngsters - aged eight or nine - accidentally witnessed some explicit content on the big screen instead.
A letter to parents read: ''During Year 5's Golden Time today, whilst watching 'Paddington Bear' we had a failure in our filters. An inappropriate image came up. The school has strict measures in place to prevent such images from appearing.''
Understandably, many parents were furious by the lack of immediate action and some claim they should have been told by text message.
One parent told the Metro newspaper: ''I was absolutely disgusted to hear it from my child's mouth, to know he has been shown this. You do not expect to have it in a school; you try your best to prevent it at home. Some children take it with a pinch of salt but other kids are traumatised.
''We were all disgusted considering the children had to tell us. Parents are annoyed that we were made aware by giving a letter to the Year Five students, who can read, so it is not only wrong to see it but they have to repeat it. We asked a member of staff if they had even watched the film beforehand and they had not.''
It is believed the clip came up as the film was being streamed from the web.
A spokesman from the school said: ''An issue with web content filtering software occurred on Friday afternoon. The issue has been reported to the Trust, the Local Authority Designated Officer and the service provider, in accordance with academy procedures. An investigation is under way and to comment any further would be inappropriate at this point.''