The DfE ‘don’t hold the information’ when I questioned who made the decision to alter the design of school toilets.
Which toilet you use and how it is designed DOES affect healthy and safety. For everyone but especially girls (because of them more likely to be the victims of assaults) and those having a medical emergency (some of whom have disabilities such as epilepsy and diabetes and should have a toilet cubicle that is safe).
When I asked the DfE who would be at fault if something happened in an enclosed private space inside a school they said schools should know their cohort and supervise accordingly.
At least one rape happens inside a school building each day. This was established by the BBC investigation in 2015/16. One of the discussions was there ought to be a central database to collate all this information. In 2021, when ‘Everyone’s Invited’ highlighted the dangers of what was going on, the government asked Ofsted to investigate. Ofsted said ‘It is hard to get an accurate picture of the scale and nature of sexual harassment and violence between children and young people in schools and colleges, as there is no centralised data collection of incidents and crime statistics are not published with a level of analysis to shed any light on this. It would be helpful if this information was available routinely.’ They also had to rely on the BBC figures from 2015/16.
Ofsted concluded ‘It recommends that schools, colleges and multi-agency partners act as though sexual harassment and online sexual abuse are happening, even when there are no specific reports.’ because they found it was so prevalent that children didn’t report it. So HSE surely has to assume the same?
@KnottyAuty I can’t see where you got the HSE quote from can you give me the link please? I have lots of evidence.