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More than a third of teenage girls feel unsafe in schools in England, study warns

MORE than twice as many schoolgirls feel unsafe in their schools as before the pandemic, a study revealed today.

University College London (UCL) researchers found that girls in Year 9 reported feeling significantly less safe in 2023 than in 2019.

More than a third of Year 9 girls in England disagreed that they felt safe in school in 2023, compared with 15 per cent in 2019, their study said.

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