Schools in York set to make policy changes to help protect women
Self-defence classes and different uniform policies are being proposed.
Schools are planning to make curriculum and policy changes in the wake of growing calls to tackle violence and harassment against women and girls.
One school is considering introducing self-defence classes for younger pupils, while another is now allowing girls to wear strappy tops on non-uniform days.
Students and their families are demanding change from schools following the death of Sarah Everard, who was originally from York.
Bridget Perks is Deputy Principal of The Mount School in York, and thinks more education would be better than having self-defence classes: "I'm delighted that there's been a national wakeup to the current culture of harassment and sexual violence against girls and women.
"There's been a lot of blame over the years on women and girls - for example on what they wear. We in our school have even possibly gone along with the culture of 'don't wear strappy tops on non-uniform days; don't wear ripped jeans'.
"Instead of maybe saying that, we should let girls choose to be work appropriate. We need to change our language around what we do.
"I think teaching girls self-defence is a useful thing to do, but I'm not sure whether that would work if an attack actually happened.
"I think it's much better to teach a girl to make a lot of noise and run, or try to avoid going near to dark places. It's terrible that we have to do this, but it's the advice we have to give.
"I think it's really important that we are very honest about recognising what is a sexual assault; what is okay and what is not okay - for girls to recognise that as well as boys.
"We need to change the 'locker room banter' for teenage boys and young adults. That's not to say that every man and all boys are like this, because they're not. It's really important to have a conversation and to develop mutual respect, to understand what is wrong about the current culture and to make a change.
"People need to know how frightening it is for women to be harassed as they walk along the street; it may seem harmless, but it isn't because it happens often.
"People need to have these conversations and to become aware of what has been going on. These conversations have to start in schools and at home, and it's got to be done very sensitively and careful.
"Everybody needs to change the culture towards this".