‘I was raped at the age of 10’: sexual abuse and harassment reported at 1,664 UK primary schools

Experiences of harassment, groping, inappropriate touching and rape anonymously reported
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Children and adults have anonymously reported testimonies of sexual abuse and harassment at 1,664 primary schools in the UK through a website for survivors, which has called for age-appropriate sex education to be taught to children under the age of nine.
Experiences of sexual harassment, groping, inappropriate touching and even forced penetration have been anonymously reported on the site everyonesinvited.uk, with at least one testimonial relating to an incident that took place when the victim was as young as five.
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