Analysis shows that before the pandemic, in 2019, around 42% of year 9 students – both boys and girls – “strongly agreed” that they felt safe at school. However, by 2023, this had fallen to 26% – just 1 in 4.
However, the decline is particularly pronounced for teenage girls – while boys’ feelings of safety in school fell by 10% between 2019 and 2023, girls’ feelings of safety have fallen by 22%.
The findings are based on an analysis of data from the annual international TIMSS research and while the decline in feelings of safety has been reflected in other countries in the TIMSS data, the fall is more pronounced in England (the average country saw a 13% decline compared to England’s 16%).
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