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A recent report into the physical abuse inflicted by John Smyth QC at Winchester College has also been published which not only details abuse, but the school’s failure to stop said abuse.
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Bearing in mind the prevalence of abuse within boarding schools, along with significant concerns as to how abuse was able to take in these institutions for so long, how abusers were sometimes able to go from school to school and to continue to abuse children and how some schools failed to stop abuse once they were informed of it,
Sexual abuse in boarding schools – change is urgently needed
Dino Nocivelli calls for boarding schools to lose their charitable status.
This rapid thematic review has revealed how prevalent sexual harassment and online sexual abuse are for children and young people. It is concerning that for some children, incidents are so commonplace that they see no point in reporting them. ..., but it found that the issue is so widespread that it needs addressing for all children and young people. It recommends that schools, colleges and multi-agency partners act as though sexual harassment and online sexual abuse are happening, even when there are no specific reports.
The review, published on 10 June 2021, found that the frequency of harmful sexual behaviours meant that some children and young people consider them to be ‘normal’
A year on from the launch of the Ofsted review into sexual abuse in schools and colleges – The Education Hub
In response to the murder of Sarah Everard, and the release of thousands of testimonies of incidents of sexual harassment via the Everyone’s Invited website, we rapidly put funding in place for the NSPCC to create a bespoke helpline to
3. Boarding schools could be said to provide “the ideal environment for grooming”.[1] Certain characteristics unique to the boarding environment heighten the risks of sexual abuse of pupils by staff.
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3.4. Boarding schools often produce a strong sense of group allegiance and very close relationships may exist between members of staff, some of whom will live together on site. Pupils’ awareness of such allegiances between staff may make it more difficult to identify staff members in whom they may confide, impeding the reporting of concerns
(Numerous specific examples are mentioned in this article to support their findings.)
The problem is not an ethnic, nor religious, nor geographical problem:
“We were there all alone”: Sexual abuse within the peer group in boarding schools in Israel – Retrospective perceptions of adult survivors
This is just a short snapshot of sexual abuse in Boarding schools there;'s many, many more.
Then there's religious institutions, children's homes, orphanages, Young Offenders Institutions, Foster Homes, etc.