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Top grammar school rated ‘inadequate’ over sexism ‘hostile environment’

A “pervading culture” of sexism and racism at a leading grammar school created a “hostile environment” leaving pupils feeling “unsafe”, an unpublished Ofsted report has found. Colchester Royal Grammar School has been downgraded from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’ following a no notice inspection by the watchdog in May. The unpublished report, seen by Schools Week, found […]

A tenth of England’s schools and colleges named on Everyone’s Invited website

A tenth of all schools and colleges in England have been named in testimonies on the Everyone’s Invited website detailing rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment. The campaign, which urges young sexual abuse survivors to share their stories on its website, last night published a list of about 2,700 English education institutions mentioned alongside anonymous allegations […]

Consent workshops and reviews: schools respond to sex abuse claims

A school named on the Everyone’s Invited website, set up to tackle rape culture, is to run compulsory “consent workshops” for pupils as young as 11, while others form staff working groups to review abuse. The avalanche of sexual abuse allegations has also pushed other schools, not named on the website, to take stock of […]

Everyone’s Invited ‘considering’ publishing tally of school sex abuse cases

The Everyone’s Invited campaign is “considering” whether to publish a tally of school sex abuse cases – including a list of how many times individual institutions have been mentioned. It comes as the campaign today released a list of 86 UK universities that were mentioned in anonymous rape culture allegations. Nearly 15,000 allegations of harassment […]

Ministers accused of dragging feet over school sex abuse

Ministers have been accused of ignoring repeated warnings over sex abuse in schools before being “shamed” into action this week. The Department for Education has ordered Ofsted to investigate safeguarding in state and independent schools after thousands of sexual abuse and harassment allegations were posted on a ‘rape culture’ website. But ministers now stand accused […]

Ministers call in Ofsted to investigate school safeguarding amid ‘rape culture’ claims

Ofsted has been ordered to undertake an “immediate review” of the safeguarding policies in state and independent schools amid the Everyone’s Invited abuse allegations. The Department for Education said today that the review will “look at the extent and the severity of the issue and ensure schools have appropriate processes in place to allow pupils […]