IT is easy to understand the parental anger at the showing of a horrifically graphic documentary to young schoolchildren.

Scenes within the film would shock and sicken many adults, let alone 12-year-old students.

If shown at the cinema, it's highly unlikely the footage would get anything other than an 18 certificate.

Beckfoot Oakbank School deserves some credit for dealing with the incident promptly.

OK the situation shouldn't have arisen in the first place – and you have to seriously question how any responsible adult, especially a teacher, wouldn't see a potential issue in showing such a film to children.

But the school has accepted that a mistake was made and has taken action to ensure it isn't repeated.

Some will argue we shouldn't be wrapping our children in cotton wool and shielding them from the reality of what's happening in certain parts of the world.

And let's face it, similar images and worse are easily accessible via the internet.

But schools in particular have a duty of care to our young people and whilst it is important pupils learn about events across the world, that must be done in a suitable way.