Last week we held an assembly where we talked to students about sexting, social media and respect.

We chose to separate boys and girls and different years to create smaller groups and encourage open dialogue. We also took this opportunity to remind students of our existing uniform policy which was finalised last year after consultation with staff, students and parents.

I want to be clear here and say that in no way did we suggest that what girls wear makes harassment or abuse acceptable. This is never the case.

The enforcement of our uniform policy and the abuse and the recent exploitation of girls online are separate issues and should be treated as such.

In public discussion about these two issues at Kambrya College they have, however, become linked. We regret this. It was never our intention that this should occur.

Kambrya College strives to be a highly inclusive school in every respect. As part of this we run respectful relationships education which seeks to tackle gender stereotypes, sexism and violence against women.

As far as we know none of our students were affected by the pornographic website which came to prominence last week, but they had all heard about it and we wanted to set their minds at rest.