The Guardian view on sexual abuse in schools: teachers cannot deal with this alone | Editorial
Data revealing multiple rapes committed each year on school premises in England and Wales is hard to comprehend. Yet this is what freedom of information requests to police forces, covering the period from 2021 until last year, have revealed. As well as the severity of the offences, the youth of many of the victims is disturbing.
- ▪Data revealing multiple rapes committed each year on school premises in England and Wales is hard to comprehend.
- ▪Yet this is what freedom of information requests to police forces, covering the period from 2021 until last year, have revealed.
- ▪As well as the severity of the offences, the youth of many of the victims is disturbing.
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‘As well as the severity of the offences, the youth of many victims is disturbing.’ Photograph: Peter Lopeman/AlamyView image in fullscreen‘As well as the severity of the offences, the youth of many victims is disturbing.’ Photograph: Peter Lopeman/AlamyOpinionSchoolsThe Guardian view on sexual abuse in schools: teachers cannot deal with this aloneEditorialPoliticians must redouble their efforts to tackle a disturbing pattern of pupils assaulting classmatesMon 5 Oct 2026 13.45 EDTLast modified on Mon 5 Oct 2026 14.41 EDTShareThe Guardian’s findings about the extent of sexual abuse in schools require an urgent, calibrated response. Data revealing multiple rapes committed each year on school premises in England and Wales is hard to comprehend.
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