More than a third of girls in school uniform have been sexually harassed in public, a survey has found.

The data from Plan International UK shows that 35% of girls have received unwanted sexual attention or contact such as being groped, stared at, catcalled and wolf-whistled while wearing their school uniform in public.

One in eight girls reported being 12 years old or younger when she first experienced unwanted sexual attention.

The poll of 1,004 girls aged 14-21 also found that one in seven girls had been followed while in uniform, while 8% said they had been filmed or photographed by a stranger without their permission, or someone had taken a photograph up their schoolskirt.

Some 37% of the girls questioned said they had been been sexually harassed while travelling to or from school.

Sixteen-year-old Jess, from Glasgow, said, "When I was 15, I was in school uniform and sat on a train and this guy kept trying to put his hand on my leg.