As thousands of young people share their experiences of sexual harassment and violence, both in and out of schools – safeguarding expert Hannah Glossop looks at how schools can sharpen their policies and procedures


Social media has been awash with devastating personal stories of sexual assaults and harassment, with seemingly little to no consequences for the perpetrators.

Young people have also come forward in droves to share harrowing stories of sexual assault, in particular contributing their stories anonymously to the Everyone’s Invited website – which has at the time of writing almost 15,000 testimonies and counting.

With many schools being named in these stories and Ofsted now launching a review into safeguarding, we need to urgently look at what schools can do to promote a culture that rallies against sexual violence and harassment.

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