Violence Against Men and Boys: Violence Against Boys At School

Three quarters of boys are victims of violence at school and seven our of 10 will tell no-one.

According to the Taking Boys Seriously report by the Centre for Young Men’s Studies in Northern Ireland, around three quarters of boys experience violence in school (peaking at 84% in year 9) and many or most will not tell anyone about the incident (peaking at 69% in Year 11)

Prevalence of:	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
Violent acts committed against them	74.6%	84.4%	80.9%	74.9%	72.3%
Did not talk about violent incident	48.8%	46.9%	44.1%	68.9%	66.8%

SOURCE: TAKING BOYS SERIOUSLY - A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF

ADOLESCENT MALE SCHOOL-LIFE EXPERIENCES IN NORTHERN IRELAND by Dr Ken Harland and Sam McCready Centre for Young Men’s Studies