Three recent reports from the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England highlight the experiences of victims of child sexual abuse (CSA) and expose shortfalls that contribute to abuse going unnoticed.
The reports follow on from research by the commissioner published in 2015, which estimated that just one in eight victims of CSA come to the attention of authorities.
One of the reports - Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: The Role of Schools - focuses on the important part schools play in identifying and preventing abuse.
It assesses the safeguarding approaches adopted by more than 1,000 primary and secondary schools that participated in a survey.
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