How Do Leicestershire Primary Pupils View Bullying in their Schools?
(Research by the Anti-Bullying Strategy Team)

In 2003 the Anti-Bullying Strategy Team carried out research into bullying in schools. Questionnaires were devised for Pupils, Parents and Staff and many of the questions were created by pupils themselves at our first conferences. A massive 2,600 Primary School pupils responded!! Here are the results.

findings of the primary questionnaire 2003

1. are you happy at school?

	% of Pupils
Yes	58.4
No	4.3
Sometimes	37.3

2. have you ever been bullied?

	% of Pupils
Yes	62
No	38

3. have you been bullied since Christmas (Sprimg Term)?

	% of Pupils
Once	30.0
More than once	12.5
Often	7.5
Not bullied	50

4. how were you bullied?

	% of Pupils
Name calling	29.0
Picked on	17.5
Hit	14.0
Kicked	13.0
Ignored	7.5
Messages	5.5
Spat at	4.0
Property damaged	3.5
Other	4.0

5. Where were you bullied?

	% of Pupils
Playground	70.0
Classroom	16.0
Dining room	6.0
Corridors	5.0
Cloakrooms/ changing rooms	2.5
School bus	1.0

6. When were you bullied?

	% of Pupils
Playtime	49.0
Lunch break	29.0
Lesson time	11.0
After school	8.0
Before school	3.0

7. How did you feel when you were bullied?

	% of Pupils
Sadness	31.0
Anger	29.0
Loneliness	16.0
Afraid	15.0
Humiliation	10.0

8. a) Who was the bully?

	% of Pupils
Boy	68.0
Girl	32.0

9. Why were you bullied?

	% of Pupils
Reason unknown/ just picked on	63.4
Playground dispute	12.8
Physical/ dress difference	11.5
Disputes over friends	4.4
jealousy	2.6
Opposite sex	2.2
Colour/ race	1.4
No friends/ unpopular/ new	1.4
Non sporty	0.4

10. Who would you tell if you were bullied?

	% of Pupils
Mum	32
Dad	25
Friend	13
Teacher	26
No-one	3

11. Do you know anyone else who has been bullied?

	% of Pupils
Yes	71
No	29

12. What is the bullying situation in your school? (1=good 10=bad)

	% of Pupils
1	16.6
2	9.9
3	10.7
4	8.4
5	19.5
6	4.4
7	5.2
8	3.4
9	2.2
10	19.5

13. How well does school deal with bullying? (1=very well 10=very badly)

	% of Pupils
1	36.7
2	9.5
3	9.5
4	4.8
5	13.9
6	5.2
7	4.1
8	4.0
9	3.0
10	9.0

14. Do you think your school takes bullying seriously?

	% of Pupils
Yes	84
No	16

15. Does your school have a bullying policy?

	% of Pupils
Yes	52.3
No	6.6
Not sure	41.1

16. has your school policy been explianed to you?

	% of Pupils
Yes	55
No	45

17. Do you agree with the policy?

	% of Pupils
Yes	49
No	9
Not sure	42

18. do you know what you should do if you are bullied?

	% of Pupils
Yes	86.6
No	3.5
Not sure	9.9

19. what do you think schools could do to stop bullying?

	% of Pupils
Don't know	24.5
Punish bullies	22.2
Remove/ exclude bully	15.0
Improve playground monitoring	9.0
Listen/ talk to children	7.9
Tell parents of bully	6.5
School staff more observant	5.25
Train staff	3.86
Involve/ educate pupils	3.2
Effective policy	2.2
Better playgrounds	0.5

What does the Leicestershire Pupil Attitude Survey results show for 2003/2004?