Watchdog to inspect private schools caught up in ‘rape culture’ scandal
Ofsted will investigate safeguarding policies after students make hundreds of allegations of sexual assault and harassment
7 April 2021 • 7:57pm
Among hundreds of allegations posted online, many showed that girls felt unable to report sexual abuse to their schools (picture posed by models)
Private schools at the heart of the “rape culture” row will be inspected by Ofsted to ensure teachers did not preside over a cover-up.
Inspectors will visit some of the country’s leading institutions and quiz headteachers about the extent of their knowledge of both “specific incidents” and more general problems.
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