Gender is a dimension of life that affects a school community on so many levels – from the curriculum to staff roles, from pupil achievement to behaviour, and includes schools’ relationship with parents and carers too.
In fact it is so big and all-pervasive that it can feel hard to know where to start to ensure gender equality for pupils.
The statistics on sexual violence show the shameful level of gender inequality in our society: one in five women in Britain have been sexually assaulted compared to one in 20 men, according to the large-scale Natsal-3 survey.
Recent reports from the BBC on the number of incidents of sexual abuse in school are very concerning too. These incidents will have included male victims, although assumptions are often made that men are the perpetrators only.
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