School abuse claims – seeking justice for survivors

No child should experience violence at school. Yet in some cases, schools still use excessive discipline or fail to intervene when staff or students inflict harm.

Examples include:

• corporal punishment
• unnecessary restraint
• failing to stop bullying, hazing, or student violence.

Schools have a legal obligation to intervene and can be held liable if they don’t. 

Sexual abuse within schools is a serious violation of trust and safety. Cases often involve teachers, staff members, or even other students.

Grooming, inappropriate relationships, and sexual exploitation can have long-term psychological effects on survivors, and schools may be legally accountable if they fail to prevent or report abuse under their supervision. 

Bullying, harassment, and intimidation can be just as damaging as physical abuse. Schools must take reports of emotional harm seriously and provide appropriate support.

Failure to act on complaints of emotional abuse can be considered negligence, making schools liable for school abuse claims.

Many cases of institutional abuse in schools stem from systemic failures. Schools that ignore complaints, fail to implement safeguarding policies or protect abusers instead of students can be held legally accountable.

A lack of proper oversight allows abuse to continue unchecked, harming multiple students over time.

Schools have a legal obligation to protect children from harm. When that duty is breached - through negligence, poor policies, or deliberate cover-ups, they may be liable.

There are numerous legal precedents where schools have been successfully sued for failing to prevent abuse.

In some cases, schools attempt to shift blame onto individual perpetrators to avoid liability. This can complicate school abuse compensation claims.

Our experienced school abuse lawyers know exactly how to challenge this and keep the focus on the institution’s duty to protect students.