Subscription Notification
We have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details. Please update your billing details here
Please update your billing information
The subscription details associated with this account need to be updated. Please update your billing details here to continue enjoying your subscription.
Your subscription will end shortly
Please update your billing details here to continue enjoying your access to the most informative and considered journalism in the UK.
MALE VIOLENCE

Former pupils compile dossier of ‘rape culture’ at Westminster School

Girls have told of being “traumatised” by their treatment at Westminster School
Girls have told of being “traumatised” by their treatment at Westminster School
ALAMY

The private school sector has been hit by new “rape culture” allegations after it emerged that pupils at one of the country’s most prestigious institutions have compiled a dossier of sex assault and abuse claims.

Current and former pupils at Westminster School, which has educated six prime ministers, accused it of fostering an environment where “harassment and abuse was a fact of everyday life for female students”.

The 21-page document includes 76 entries from students. There are claims they were left traumatised and humiliated by being forced to perform sex acts on boys against their will, received threats of sexual assault and were joked about as “gang rape” victims.

They claim that girls, who are admitted to the sixth form, were only there “to raise