Almost entirely off-topic rant - apologies in advance:::

[David Howe]

David_Biggins@usermgmt.com wrote:
> The first sign of any action that allows central government to
> centrally collate large volumes of un-anonymised school information,
> or to give the SoS discretion of the use of such data would, I
> suggest, be a strong indicator.
or worse yet - who owns the database? the school, or the company that
installs and maintains the system?
that data won't be very valuable now - but five years from now, when
12-16 yr olds are 17-21.......... I am sure quite a few people would
like to buy a set of that data.