'Gifted' children deliberately perform poorly to avoid bullying

The research cited that gifted children may be greatly susceptible to the dangers of bullying and often hide their abilities to try and fit in. File Picture: PA

Academically gifted children have admitted deliberately doing badly at school in order to stop themselves being bullied at school.

More than 40% of gifted adolescents admitted to researchers that they were bullied either face-to-face or through cyberbullying.