Responding to new YouGov research which found that three quarters (78%) of secondary school teachers see misogyny as a big problem in UK schools, Paul Whiteman, general secretary at school leaders’ union NAHT, said:

“Schools have a vital role to play in countering potentially harmful attitudes and helping young people to understand the importance of critical thinking.

“While they do their best to educate all pupils about safe healthy relationships, incidents of misogyny appear to be on the rise online and within society, with significant world leaders and influencers being able to portray overtly misogynistic views, opinions and actions with no rebuttal.

“There remains a pressing need for more support and guidance to be made available to teachers to talk to pupils about this issue and on how to address instances when they arise, something school leaders called for at our annual conference.”