New research has found that 69 per cent of young people will experience some degree of bullying before the age of 18 – that is seven in every 10.
Furthermore, 43 per cent of young people experience “high intensity” verbal abuse, while 16 per cent also tell us that they are suffering physical attacks on a highly frequent basis.
The research, produced by anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label, is based on a sample of more than 2,000 students aged from 16 upwards and from across schools and colleges in the UK.
It finds that teachers remain high on the list of those who victims would turn to for help, but when asked to rank their satisfaction with the support that teachers have offered, victims in the study averaged a response of 5.5 out of 10.
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