Teachers have urged the government to issue new guidance to schools on how to deal with hate crimes, after record numbers of reports of racially motivated abuse and attacks in the past year.
A study by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) found that more than a fifth of teachers believe their pupils have fallen victim to hate crime or speech because of their ethnic background, race or sexual orientation.
Almost three-quarters of the 345 respondents said they believed some children were picked on because they were different from the “norm” while 18 per cent thought bullies were abusing children because they were perceived as poor or of a lower socio-economic status.
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