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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rebecca Whittaker

‘Masculinity crisis’ in schools is a ticking time bomb, union says

A “masculinity crisis” is building in schools across the UK, a teaching union has warned, after almost a quarter of female teachers it surveyed said they have been subject to misogynistic abuse from a pupil in the last year.

For the fourth year in a row NASUWT teachers’ union has surveyed a rise in teachers reporting misogyny from pupils - up to 23.4 per cent from 17.4 per cent in 2023.

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