Summary
Research into child sexual abuse in schools contexts sought to:
Present experiences of victims and survivors of child sexual abuse in the context of schools and the institutional responses.
Review of literature to draw together what is known about child sexual abuse in residential schools, focusing on scale/incidence and nature of csa and safeguarding.
Explore how child sexual abuse and safeguarding practices in residential schools in England and Wales are understood from the perspective of school staff, children, parents and local authority staff.