Legal Update: Sexual harassment in schools

Richard Oldershaw
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Richard Oldershaw, legal adviser at Coram’s Child Law Advice Service, outlines statutory guidance revisions on safeguarding in education and their impact on how schools should tackle inappropriate sexual behaviour.

Schools should encourage an ethos of respect and clamp down on any inappropriate behaviour seen from pupils. Picture: JackF/Adobe Stock
Schools should encourage an ethos of respect and clamp down on any inappropriate behaviour seen from pupils. Picture: JackF/Adobe Stock

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