Almost half (45 per cent) of 11 to 16-year-olds questioned said they had been bullied face-to-face, and more than a third (34 per cent) have been bullied online, at least once in the last six months.
4 per cent of pupils are being bullied face-to-face or online every day – which is the equivalent of one child in every classroom.
More than four in five (87 per cent), of the 1,000 children surveyed, saw pupils bullying each other.
Three quarters of the children polled in England saw it at school, while one in three witnessed it online, and a quarter saw it in their communities, the research found.
Almost all of them (97 per cent) said they would like adults to show more respect for each other, with 98 per cent saying showing respect is important - even if you disagree with someone.
97% of 11-16 year old would like adults to show more respect for each other.
Key Findings:
- 41% of children have seen adults bullying each other during the last six months.
- The equivalent of one child in every classroom (4%) said they were being bullied face to face or online every day.
- Nearly all the children surveyed (98%) said that showing respect to each other is important and that it is possible to be respectful even if you disagree with someone else.
- Children said they saw much of the adult bullying take place face-to-face (21%), but had also come across it online (18%) or in the media (20%).
- More than 4 in 5 of the children polled (87%) also reported having seen children bullying each other. The majority (76%) had seen this happen at school, with a third (34%) seeing it online and a quarter (27%) seeing it in their communities.
- Nearly half of the children surveyed (45%) said they had been bullied face to face at least once during the last six months, with over a third (34%) saying they had been bullied online over the same period.
- The equivalent of one child in every classroom (4%) said they had been bullied face-to-face or online every day over the last six months.
- Nearly all children surveyed (98%) said that showing respect to each other is important and that it is possible to be respectful even if you disagree with someone else. 97% said adults should set a good example and show more respect for each other.