Many schools are dealing with consequences of toxic masculinity each day – union

Paul Whiteman general secretary of National Association of Head Teachers (PA) - (PA Archive)

School leaders are having to deal with the consequences of toxic masculinity and online radicalisation every day, a headteachers’ union chief has said.

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT school leaders’ union, called for politicians, families and school staff to work together to stop a generation of boys “disappearing into a vortex of hatred and lies”.