In a poll of 150 young people aged 11 to 16 through the charity’s Cyber Mentors website, 71 per cent said they felt unsafe at school with 17 per cent admitting they would consider carrying a weapon to keep themselves safe.
A further half said that they thought their schools would take no action if they reported incidents of bullying and 48.5 per cent have deliberately truanted for fear of being bullied.
Emma-Jane Cross, chief executive of Beatbullying, said: "For such a large number of our children and young people to fear for their safety either in school or online is utterly unacceptable and there must be action now before lives are destroyed and even lost."
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