In the typical classroom, 10 children will report that they have been bullied in the last year, and about six per cent of children suffer persistent bullying, experiencing it every day – which equates to about one in every class of 30 children.
But disabled primary school pupils are twice as likely to suffer from persistent bullying as their non-disabled classmates, and more than twice as many children with SEN said they experienced bullying “all the time” at age seven, than those without SEN.
In secondary school, 15-year-olds with SEN were significantly more likely to be frequent victims of threats or acts of physical violence and theft, even when other factors that increase the risk of bullying were taken into account.
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