Roger Singleton, who is a special advisor to education secretary Alan Johnson, also expressed concern that private tutoring is often taking place in children's bedrooms.
Speaking at a Children Now conference on safeguarding last week, he said: "Among PE staff and sports instructors and so on, wrestling games seem to be quite a convenient cover for activities."
He added: "I do [also] come across explanations for sexually provocative photographs taken by adults of pupils, explained in terms of "oh, well this was part of a drama to bring the girls out of themselves, to give them more confidence, to build their self-esteem'. "These are some of the things that people say in explanation for what - at least prima facie - is unusual and possibly concerning behaviour."
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