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Five-year-olds kicked out of school for sexual abuse
Charity says sex education needs to be improved
CHILDREN as young as five are being excluded from school for sexual misconduct, an investigation has found.
In the last four years there were 754 reported incidents resulting in pupils being permanently or temporarily kicked out of classrooms.
Incidents included sexual abuse, assault, bullying, harassment and lewd behaviour, schools said.
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