The 13-year-old girl was vulnerable and was groomed by the boy, her father said

A 13-year-old girl was raped at her academy by a boy who had been moved from another school for sexually assaulting two other girls, her father has told The Times.

Ofsted has since downgraded the school to “inadequate” for its poor safeguarding, and the academies commissioner subsequently threatened to halt its funding.

Senior figures from the watchdog met the family last week to apologise for the initial handling of their complaint, which has exposed the lack of support for families in this situation. In a letter that repeated the apology Ofsted said: “Your experience shows that it is sometimes difficult for parents to know where they can and should go to access support.”

The Department for Education (DfE) does not collect data on sexual