Surge in claims of sexual abuse by pupils at state schools - The Times

The scandal over school rape culture allegations widened last night to include some of the country’s most prestigious state schools.

Everyone’s Invited, a website collecting testimonies, has been inundated with hundreds of reports in recent days from comprehensive schools around the country.

Up until now most allegations have focused on the private school sector but Soma Sara, the site’s founder, said it had seen a 33 per cent increase in state school allegations. In total it has received more than 8,000 reports.

Last night Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, said: “No school — whether an independent school or state school — should ever be an environment where young people feel unsafe, let alone somewhere that sexual abuse can take place.”

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