CYP Now - Bullying - Evidence from Longitudinal Study of Young People in England: Cohort 2

More than 10,000 young people in year 11 were interviewed for the second Longitudinal Study of Young People in England in 2015. Researchers used this data to find out whether bullying is increasing and what kind of young people are more likely to suffer bullying. They compared answers with responses from the same young people a year before and with findings from a similar survey in 2006.

Link to full report: Bullying - Evidence from the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England 2

Author Government Social Research

Published by Department for Education, June 2018

SUMMARY

The researchers found the type of bullying had changed between 2006 and 2015. There was less violent bullying in 2015, with the proportion of young people reporting threats of violence dropping from 14 to 10 per cent. Meanwhile, actual violence fell from 10 to six per cent. However, social exclusion increased from 11 per cent to 14 per cent and name-calling increased slightly by nearly one percentage point. While both males and females saw violent bullying fall, the rise in social exclusion and name-calling was exclusive to girls.

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