Just 28 per cent of secondary school students surveyed by the inquiry deemed their own experience of education about online sexual harm “very relevant” to what they had encountered themselves.
Less than half (43 per cent) of primary school pupils polled said they had found lessons at their schools “very helpful”.
The inquiry surveyed 213 young people aged 10 to 18 years old and held a focus group with 45 young people aged 14 to 16.
Researchers also interviewed nine 13- to 20-year-olds who had experienced online sexual harm while under the age of 18.
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