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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Anna Fazackerley

Schools ‘need more help’ to tackle rising number of sexual assaults by pupils

Legs of girls and boys in school-uniform trousers, shorts and skirts walking in a playground
UK schools often dismiss peer-on-peer sexual assault. Photograph: lovethephoto/Alamy

Schools must be given clearer guidance on how to handle peer-on-peer sexual abuse among pupils, charities have demanded.

Rape Crisis and other charities wrote to England’s education secretary Bridget Phillipson and Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, last week, calling on the government to step in with clearer statutory guidance on how schools in England and Wales should address sexual violence when both the victim and the alleged perpetrator are pupils.

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