They called on schools, particularly special needs schools, to supervise pupils when online and to make sure their computers have “the highest levels of filtering”, not only to block unsuitable content but also to alert staff to any attempt to access it. “I find the way in which Stepping Stones school failed to ensure sufficient e-monitoring of Frankie’s iPad, and follow her bespoke educational plan, more than minimally contributed to her actions later that day.”Īfter the inquest, Frankie’s parents, Judy and Andy Thomas, said they were horrified when they learned about the material their daughter had been able to access at school, “where we assumed she would be kept safe”. “I am satisfied that Frances-Rose Thomas died by way of suicide,” Henderson said. This was an “enormous and systemic failure on the part of the school”, Henderson said. An investigation into the computer after her death found she had been able to access material relating to self-harm and suicide over a few months. The inquest heard that that while attending Stepping Stones school in Hindhead, Frankie was given unfiltered access to an iPad despite having a “bespoke education plan” to avoid such a thing. She left a note declaring an intention to end her life.” “On the day of her death Frances had unrestricted access to the internet at school and in the absence of any effective e-security monitoring system and personal supervision, she sought out and read stories about members of her favourite band featuring suicidal acts. “She died at 6.57pm on 25 September 2018 at Royal Surrey County hospital after being found unresponsive … at her home address at or around 5pm the same day, an hour after she was last known to be alive.
“Frances-Rose Thomas had a number of underlying vulnerabilities, including significant childhood trauma, high-functioning autism and impulsivity,” Henderson said. Reading out her conclusion at Surrey coroner’s court on Wednesday, the assistant coroner Karen Henderson said she believed Frankie was influenced by the material she accessed.
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The inquest heard that the tablet computer had no internet filter software installed to prevent users from accessing unsuitable content, and that Frankie had been accessing suicide-related material for months. A 15-year-old autistic girl took her own life after an “enormous and systemic failure” by her special needs school left her with unfiltered access to online materials about suicide, a coroner has concluded.įrances-Rose Thomas, known as Frankie, took steps to end her life at home in Witley, Surrey, in September 2018, after earlier the same day reading a story on an iPad provided by her school in which a character died by suicide.
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