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Schools ‘need more help’ to tackle rising number of sexual assaults by pupils

Charities say better guidance is needed over increasing number of sexual assaults in UK primary schools

Schools must be given clearer guidance on how to handle peer-on-peer sexual abuse among pupils, charities have demanded.

Rape Crisis and other charities wrote to England’s education secretary Bridget Phillipson and Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, last week, calling on the government to step in with clearer statutory guidance on how schools in England and Wales should address sexual violence when both the victim and the alleged perpetrator are pupils.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Charities say better guidance is needed over increasing number of sexual assaults in UK primary schoolsSchools must be given clearer guidance on how to handle peer-on-peer sexual abuse among pupils, charities have demanded.Rape Crisis and other charities wrote to England’s education secretary Bridget Phillipson and Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, last week, calling on the government to step in with clearer statutory guidance on how schools in England and Wales should address sexual violence when both the victim and the alleged perpetrator are pupils. Continue reading…