Officials report that school suspensions for sexual misconduct are increasing, with pupils as young as five affected. Metro says the number of suspensions for sexual misconduct rises by 12% compared with the previous year, based on official figures. It also highlights that the impacts extend to multiple pupils across the school day.
Other outlets cite detailed Department for Education data. The Daily Mail (News) reports that pupils were suspended 7,278 times for sexual misconduct in the 2024/25 school year, the highest figure since the current recording method began in 2020. The second Daily Mail article carries the same core data and framing, emphasizing the headline statistic and its “highest since” context rather than the year-on-year percentage referenced by Metro. Across coverage, the main points are the youngest affected pupils and the scale of suspensions, with differences in which measure—annual change versus total count—each outlet foregrounds.
