When it was sent to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse by a third party, pupils were told it contained allegations of serious criminal offences including sexual offences against children and should be sent to the relevant safeguarding authorities. It has now been forwarded to Bromley council and police working on Operation Hydrant, which is coordinating investigations into non-recent child sexual abuse allegations. Soma Sara started the “Everyone’s Invited” website on which teenagers have been posting accounts of sexual harassment and abuse. “The sheer scale of this problem across the country has been highlighted further with the publication of Ofsted’s safeguarding report. Speaking after the publication of the Ofsted report, the education secretary, Gavin Williamson, said: “Sexual abuse in any form is completely unacceptable.

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2021 11:26 UTC