SCHOOLS in Dorset excluded pupils for sexual misconduct on a dozen occasions in just one year, figures reveal. Department for Education figures show Dorset schools excluded students 12 times for sexual misconduct in 2018-19 – two permanently and 10 temporarily. However, this was a decrease on the previous year, when there were 14. The exclusions in Dorset were among 1,972 sexual misconduct exclusions – which include incidents of sexual abuse, sexual bullying and sexual harassment – across England that year. Though a 13% drop on the year before, Rape Crisis said the number of exclusions will not show the true scale of sexist bullying and sexual violence being perpetrated in schools, particularly against girls.
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The Diana Award EIGHT young people from Dorset have been awarded The Diana Award in recognition for their work in getting the voices of young people heard. Working with the support of Participation People, a youth participation company, the young people are all members of Dorset Youth Council with two representing young people in Dorset as Members of the UK Youth Parliament. Each young person awarded has made significant contributions to local projects and initiatives on behalf of young people in Dorset, including Dorset Youth Proof Charter and Dorset Youth Council Climate Pack. Some have also been involved in #YouthVoice projects in other parts of the UK.
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