The Red Balloon Learner Centre Group has published results from the first national survey to ascertain the number of children aged between 11 and 15 self-excluding from school as a result of severe bullying.
The report estimates that of the six million young people in Years 7 to 10 and who attend a state school, bullying is the main reason given for persistent long-term absence in between 13,400 and 19,600 cases.
The research was undertaken by NatCen, Britain's largest independent social research organisation, and funded jointly by Red Balloon Learner Centre Group, the Foyle Foundation and the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
- For further information about the report, visit http://bit.ly/kZi5BM.
