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Of
4,772 pupils who completed the survey, 69% complained they had been bullied
with each bullied pupil saying they had suffered an average of six different
types of bullying at school.
Name
calling was the biggest problem and 56% of abusive remarks referred to weight
and appearance, while more than 50% of bullied pupils said they were physically
hurt and 34% of those needed to see a doctor/hospital. A total of 3% of attacks
had involved a weapon.
Cyber
bullying was an issue for 7% of young people who reported suffering internet
abuse, receiving abusive emails or instant messaging and phone bullying by text
message.
Bullying
on the walk to and from school upset 4% and problems on the bus affected 2%.
Homophobic
bullying victims said that more than 28% of them had suffered violent attacks
and where racist bullying had occurred 43% of pupils had suffered violence.
Where bullying happened
Most
bullying happened in the playground 30%, followed by the classroom 25%,
corridors 21%, lunch queue 14% and toilets 7%
The
distress caused by bullying was very high with 76% of children saying they were
mentally hurt, 49% felt very upset and 30% said they were suicidal.
A
large number of bullied children 65% said they were sometimes afraid to go to
school while 21% of those who said they had taken time off school had done so
on five or more occasions.
Most
children, 74%, reported bullying to a parent/carer or teacher and 48% said they
had told their teacher more than five times that they were being bullied. Where
bullying was reported to a teacher in 55% of cases it did not stop and 60% of
pupils did not feel their complaint was taken seriously. In 31% of the cases
nothing happened to the bully.
Only 45% of children
in England and Wales said they
took part in Anti-Bullying Week 2005. This was held in November in England and in October in Wales. In England the
figure was 48%.
What sort of anti-bullying policy did schools have?
51%
of pupils said their school had an anti-bullying policy but only 23% knew what
type.
Counselling
was considered to be the most effective anti-bullying method at 53% followed by
peer support 51%, restorative justice 50%, circle time 45%, mediation 40% and
no-blame 34%.
Only
30% of children had been bullied outside school and 20% admitted to being a
bully but of those 43% said they had not been punished.
A
staggering 85% had seen someone else being bullied and 82% said they had tried
to help. More than 90% of pupils claimed to feel upset, angry or scared when
they saw someone being bullied and 61% of pupils were sometimes afraid to leave
their home.
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