'Very intimidating': teachers on sexual harassment by pupils

Teachers highlight toxic culture of sexual harassment and abuse they face in school

I've had threats of rape. I've had someone say: I'm going to seek out your daughter and rape her.' You're called a slag and a slut. Sometimes it's banter and they all think it's funny. Sometimes it's anger directed at you."

Anne, who doesn't want to give her real name, worked in a pupil referral unit with excluded pupils in south-west England until she quit her job because of post-traumatic stress disorder, and is one of many teachers to bear witness to the toxic culture of sexual harassment and abuse within schools.