Close to 400 victims have alleged sexual abuse at Victorian state schools. 

Hundreds of claims have been made against the Victorian government for historical child sexual abuse in state schools in the past 12 years, more than half of which were settled out of court, new documents show. 

Data obtained under freedom of information reportedly shows that since 2010, 381 claims have been made for abuse that occurred in Victorian state educational settings between 1960 and 2018.

Of those, 212 were settled out of court with a payment to the complainant, two went to trial, 136 claims are ongoing and 29 have been discontinued. The outcome of two other allegations is unknown.

The documents were provided to the office of Justice party MP Stuart Grimley under a freedom of information (FOI) request before he lost his upper house seat.

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