The editor of the Good Schools Guide has said private schools must take responsibility for boys' behaviour outside the classroom because they market themselves on their skill at developing a child's character.
Melanie Sanderson said the schools should remember their marketing materials and talks for parents often boast of the work they do to create well-rounded individuals amid the growing fallout from the schools sex scandal.
It comes after more than 10,000 harrowing reports of alleged sexual assault were posted on website Everyone's Invited, where students can anonymously share their experiences of misogyny, harassment, abuse and assault.
Accusations have so far named top public schools including Eton, Hampton and Charterhouse, with both girls and boys among the alleged victims.