The poll of more than 800 eight- to 15-year-olds by the charity BeatBullying and parenting website Parentdish found other common concerns about starting a new school include keeping up with homework, finding their way around school and making new friends.
It found that 58 per cent of primary school pupils were worried about being bullied when they start secondary school.
The most prominent reasons why children feared they might be picked on were being too clever or not clever enough (56 per cent), followed by not being good at activities like sports (48 per cent) or not having the latest phone or games console (48 per cent).
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