A study of 800 children, aged eight to 15, discovered that six in 10 of the primary-aged pupils are worried about being bullied in year 7.
The amount of homework, not being good at sports activities and not being clever enough are also among their most common concerns.
The secondary pupils, meanwhile, told researchers that there was a lot more bullying at secondary school than primary. Reasons cited for bullying included being either too clever or not clever enough (69 per cent), tastes in music or television (49 per cent), or for not being good at activities such as sports (44 per cent).
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