UK schools worst in Europe for bullying
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Bullying in secondary schools is worse in the UK than the rest of Europe, a new British Council survey has found
The study, published today, found that nearly half of UK secondary school pupils (46%) think that bullying is a problem in their school and is caused by students' language difficulties, skin colour, race and religion
UK students (42%) said they were happier in school most of the time than on average in the rest of Europe (33%)
They were also more likely to feel it was "very important" to their future to do well at school: 85% of UK pupils compared to 75% of European
Italy - 33%
Portugal - 35%
Netherlands - 16%
Belgium - 21%
UK - 48%
Scotland - 43%
Wales - 32%
Germany - 29%
Spain - 22%
A total of 3,500 children were asked a series of multiple-choice questions, including over 1,500 from the UK
41% of respondents said they had been made fun of because of language difficulties
clipped from: education.guardian.co.uk