Thousands of children are being educated at home because they have been so seriously bullied at school.

 


Thousands of pupils have been driven out of school and are being taught at home
because they have been so seriously bullied at school

 

The revelation will fuel fears over collapsing classroom discipline on the eve of Ofsted’s annual report on the state of education in England.

Ministers have launched repeated crackdowns on bullying but the figures suggest the initiatives are having little impact.

Other councils were not able to provide data for the reasons pupils were being homeschooled.

At the 34 councils, 723 pupils were being home-educated because of problems with bullies.

Replicating the figure across the country gives 3,189 pupils. Some 800 of the youngsters would be aged 11 and under.

 

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