Ofsted inspections show ‘growing scourge’ of classroom misogyny, says Labour

Labour has warned of a “growing scourge” of misogyny in Britain’s classrooms, saying it will “store up huge problems” if the issue goes unaddressed.

The party pointed to analysis from the House of Commons Library that showed a sharp rise in references to sexual harassment, sexual abuse and safeguarding incidents in Ofsted reports since 2017.

Bridget Phillipson, the shadow education secretary, said: “ is a growing scourge in our classrooms and if we fail to tackle it now, we store