School accidentally sends text using the C-word to hundreds of parents

A school accidentally sent a text using the C-word to hundreds of parents.

In the message requesting students' 'country' of birth, St Dunstan's School forgot to type the 'O' and 'R' giving the text a rather different meaning.

The request to fill in a form read: "St Dunstan's sch notice: Students will be bringing home a Data sheet for you to check and sign pls complete the 2 new sections C*nty of birth and Nationality."

It didn't take long for staff at the school in Glastonbury, Somerset, to realise their mistake.

Mums and dads of 340 plus pupils were sent another text five minutes later with an apology.

The second message, received at 11.37am on Monday, read: "St Dunston's School: Apology on the spelling error on the previous text, should read Country."

Both messages were written in text speak with shocking grammatical errors but one word attracted the most attention from bemused parents.

The puzzled group shared screenshots of the text online with Becky O'Rourke commenting: "*facepalm*".

Nathan Gray, another recipient of the error, described the drama as a "rather major cock up".

Another Facebook user wrote: "My Mum said, 'Poor secretary that sent that, do you think the C*nty Council gave her the sack?'"

St Dunstan's School failed to comment.