15 pupils a DAY expelled in sex cases
FIFTEEN pupils are expelled every school day for sexual misconduct - with at least one from primary school.
Disturbing figures from the Department for Education revealed that 3,330 were excluded in 2009-10 for sexual misconduct including assaults, bullying, graffiti and harassment.
The following academic year that figure fell by only 300.
Campaigners fears that the trend is a result of the growing sexualisation of society and the easy access children have to online pornography.
Claire Perry, David Cameron's adviser on childhood, said: "These statistics confirm the uneasy sense that many parents have - that our children are operating in an increasingly sexualised culture that is spilling over into the classroom.
Our children are operating in an increasingly sexualised culture that is spilling over into the classroom
"We need to be aware of the problem and crack on with plans for family-friendly internet filters, clean wi-fi and improved adult content blocks on mobile phones."
Children's charity the NSPCC last year found that 30 per cent of secondary school teachers and 11 per cent of primary teachers were aware of "sexually coercive" behaviour by pupils towards classmates in the past year.
An Education Department spokesman said: "These statistics represent less than 0.05 per cent of pupils."