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Abuse inquiry demands tougher school safeguarding rules

The indendent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) wants to fix 'shortcomings' in safeguarding training, data-sharing, checks and sanctions

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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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...

James Carr
James Carr
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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...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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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...

James Carr
James Carr
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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...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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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...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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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...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Everyone’s Invited: Rape culture website stops naming schools amid fears they take ‘disproportionate’ blame

The Everyone’s Invited campaign, which urges young sexual abuse survivors to share their stories on its website has stopped...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth