The call has been made in a Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) report into tackling violence in schools.
This involved a survey of more than 4,700 secondary school teachers that highlighted the prevalence of sexual assaults by pupils on other children.
The government is being urged to invest £1 million to pilot a VAWG training grant across 50 schools, colleges and alternative provision settings to fund the appointment and training of VAWG leads.
This role would develop school wide strategies to tackle violence, improve relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) lessons, train other staff members and bring in specialist providers.
If successful, ministers should then commit to investing £35m in England and £2mn in Wales to roll out the deployment of VAWG leads across all secondary schools, colleges and alternative provision settings.
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