There are many reasons to recoil

     from biometrics in schools

These are just a few:

The System does not meet the School's requirements

In their letter the Governors were good enough to tell me the requirements of the system in their letter. I discuss the fit of biometrics to the system here.

There are no educational benefits.

Examine the claims of the Governors and the Manufacturers further

On a simple cost/benefit analysis the system fails.

The document I submitted to the Governors can be seen. It is important to note that my figures are conservative. They are based on legal requirements.

The school seems to be unaware of the number of people and organisations who have a legal right to access the data. There is such unrestricted access that the school cannot claim it is secure.

Who has access to the data? Can they all be met, vetted and trusted?

The school cannot tie access to services to use of the system.

This means that the School must have alternative systems in place that do not prejudice the delivery of education in any way. If they have such alternative systems, why not just use them?

The technology, fingerprint storage and accuracy.

Disposing of the unpleasant and deliberately deceptive claim of the manufacturer that this system does not store a child's fingerprint, and so poses no security risk.

Why has the school not informed parents or sought our consent?

The system security is insufficient for sensitive or valuable data.

The system and data are both open to abuse

The Governors state clearly in their letter to me that the start of my campaign “has allowed us to explore this area fully once more,” If that is so, then they have already considered all of these issues. If not then they clearly do not understand the scope of the issues and are clearly not competent to make decisions regarding this issue.