Eight in 10 secondary schools have been sent threatening emails since the roll-out of the 12 to 15-year-old vaccination programme began, with more than one in 10 seeing protestors outside the school gates.
In a minority of cases anti-vaxxers have gained access to school sites and in other incidents staff have received threats of physical harm.
The figures come from a survey of 526 schools carried out on October 13 and 14 by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).
General secretary Geoff Barton said the protests were “at best incredibly unhelpful and at worst very distressing” and called upon anti-vaxxers to “stop this nonsense”.
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