Bullying

Bullying can occur in various forms of abuse for example neglect, sexual, emotional, physical and racism. This can range from different things such as being called names, being pushed or pulled, physical abuse in anyway and threatening and intimidation. No one should go through the mental and physical abuse of bullying alone and there are organizations and people you can talk to and seek help and advice from.

15-25 children commit suicide due to bullying. Over a quarter of school pupils experience threats of violence whilist at school, with almost half of threats being carried out.10% of children miss school as a result of this and 75% of bullying occurs within male pupils.

Up to 40% of pupils state that teachers fail to recognise when bullying is taking place. It has also been recognised that 17% of calls to Childline are in relation to bullying, and that the most common age group that contact Childline are 12 years of age.

http://www.childline.org.uk/Info/Pages/Bullying.aspx

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tacklingbullying/