Sexually harassed - should I do anything about it?

LONG STORY SHORT, about a year ago this group of three guys were harassing me on the school bus. I didn't know them, they touched me inappropriately, and whispered kind of upsetting things in my ear. One of them is now head boy, and ngl, it pisses me off.

When it happened i had no idea what to do/say about it, even to them. This surprised me because most of the time i'm quite good at standing up for myself.
This is definitely an issue I need to deal with somehow, because I don't really know how to deal with it, and i've ended up in some funny situations since. So advice on how to deal with situations like this would also be appreciated.

But what i'm asking is, should I report this to the school? I'm leaving in just under a month for exams, and then permenantly, so it could be a good opportunity as I won't have to see him again (the other two left the school). My main reasons for reporting it would be:

-friends say need to know they can't get away with it (although they kinda have)
-friends also say I should land him in hot water before I go, because he deserves it

personally i don't think anything could come of it because it happened so long ago and he probably won't remember the girl he harassed on the bus. I remember almost every detail, but as the accuser/victim, I don't think that makes much difference. There were witnesses (my friends) who also remember it cus it shocked them (we go to a very middle class school, and we're quite protected from stuff like this)

but mostly because our school has never considered teaching:

a) girls to handle sexual harassment
b) boys not to handle sexual harassment

and i think this might maybe make them think of that & therefore give save some other girls from this.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!

LONG STORY SHORT, about a year ago this group of three guys were harassing me on the school bus. I didn't know them, they touched me inappropriately, and whispered kind of upsetting things in my ear. One of them is now head boy, and ngl, it pisses me off.

When it happened i had no idea what to do/say about it, even to them. This surprised me because most of the time i'm quite good at standing up for myself.
This is definitely an issue I need to deal with somehow, because I don't really know how to deal with it, and i've ended up in some funny situations since. So advice on how to deal with situations like this would also be appreciated.

But what i'm asking is, should I report this to the school? I'm leaving in just under a month for exams, and then permenantly, so it could be a good opportunity as I won't have to see him again (the other two left the school). My main reasons for reporting it would be:

-friends say need to know they can't get away with it (although they kinda have)
-friends also say I should land him in hot water before I go, because he deserves it

personally i don't think anything could come of it because it happened so long ago and he probably won't remember the girl he harassed on the bus. I remember almost every detail, but as the accuser/victim, I don't think that makes much difference. There were witnesses (my friends) who also remember it cus it shocked them (we go to a very middle class school, and we're quite protected from stuff like this)

but mostly because our school has never considered teaching:

a) girls to handle sexual harassment
b) boys not to handle sexual harassment

and i think this might maybe make them think of that & therefore give save some other girls from this.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!

Yes, you should report them. It doesn't matter if it was last year or last week, report them so they can be punished. Imagine all the other girls they could have harrassed since then, and believe me, that feeling of chance is not nice.

I was harassed once by a guy, (a ****ing 12 year old boy might I add), when I was 15 or 16 and I reported it and he vehemently denied it until he realised who had reported him and what he had done and he felt so **** afterwards he wrote a letter of apology. Quite the right thing to do. And you should report it too. If it's not bothering you that much then just leave it, but it sounds like it's bothering you so do it anyway, just in case they've done it to other girls too. Good luck!

It doesn't matter if you only have 1 month left, these things shouldn't go unpunished. Although the school might not be able to do anything due to the little amount of time left it will probably leave them with bad references in the future. If someone gets away with something the first time, they might think they can get away with it again.

to be honest I'd be very doubtful your school would take much action against this guy, especially given this is their head boy, they also wont want to look bad, I mean what you described is very vague as well, there is a difference in how people will view 'he grabbed your ass and said get your tits out' to 'he shoved his hands in your pants and told you he was going to rape you', I'm not saying the first one is okay, but I am saying it is a lot more common and will be taken less seriously, if it was the second then you would be more able to pursue a police investigation

I would say to do whatever you want to, I don't think there's a right and wrong, if you're really struggling to deal with this (and trust me I know it's hard to watch someone who made you feel so disgusting and humiliated become some sort of 'golden boy' while you're left to struggle) then I certainly think you should at least talk to someone about it, if you feel like you need to be honest and you need him to be punished in some way to move forwards then do so, but be aware that there is no garantee of action given how long it has been (although you're in a good position given your friends are on side and witnessed it)

I really really really think schools should be covering things like consent, respect, assertiveness etc in PSHE lessons, this sort of thing affects so many people and you hear over and over that girls just didn't know what to do or how to react, I'm not saying its the girls fault and she should have to react perfectly, but the number of these situations that happen really show that young girls need to be given some sort of tool

Let me just say that it what those boys did to you is totally inappropriate and extremely disgusting. I know you must feel really upset, and I am sorry this has happened to you, but try to keep calm. You could try and tell what had happened to your parents, and discuss with them what to do next. You should also report this to the appropriate personnel at your school, for e.g. your form teacher. What they did is a criminal offence, and they shouldn't get away with it. If all else fails, you may even want to lodge a police report.

Whatever it is, you should also try not to let the matter affect you, especially when its so close to the exams. Do what you can, and try your very best to move on, as what has happened cannot be undone. The law WILL catch up with them.

Thank you for your empathy, it's really odd how I feel about it though, because that's exactly what I'd have expected to feel, but instead I just feel scared of reporting it, and a bit cross with them. I'd be more angry, but i'm quite worried about how they'd react to my reporting them, which is why I didn't report it in the first place.
I couldn't possibly discuss this with my parents, although that's good advice, my mum would go crazy and demand their heads on a plate, and my dad would just be worried. The school is who I was thinking of reporting it to, but I'm also worried about what will happen.

You're definitely right about the exams, so if i reported it at all, i'd have to do it when I go back after Easter, so it would be over with before exams started.