Alleged inaction
One wrote that when she and another girl said they were raped by the same boy, “all that happened. was my perpetrator’s parents got called in and told about these allegations, and nothing else. He then carried on to sexually assault one more girl that I know of.”
Another said when she told a teacher she was raped by a fellow pupil, they responded by “trying to suggest it wasn’t as bad as what it was. In the end, near to nothing happened and I had to deal with being in the same English class as him for the rest of the year.”
Male teachers and boys must be taught about sexism to support women and girls facing overwhelming levels of sexual harassment and abuse, a union conference was told today.
The National Education Union s (NEU) annual conference heard that a toxic laddish culture pervades the country s secondary schools and sexism stalks the corridors and classrooms .
A motion passed at the conference said schools should have robust sexual harassment and abuse policies in place so teachers and students feel safe.
It noted the thousands of testimonials posted anonymously by students on the Everyone s Invited website, documenting sexual harassment and assault in schools and colleges.
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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.
Ofsted has announced plans for a review into safeguarding policies and practices at state and independent schools following concerns about widespread sexual abuse.
The review - which should be completed by the end of May - will establish what current safeguarding guidance is place in schools and colleges and whether it is sufficient to allow them to respond effectively to allegations.
It will also examine whether institutions need extra support in teaching students about sex and relationships, and whether current inspection regimes are robust enough around the issue of sexual abuse.
The Department for Education had last week ordered the watchdog to launch the probe to understand the extent and the severity of the issue .