Quarter of primary school kids cyberbullied in past 12 months

Cyberbullied children as young as eight years old are suffering in silence with almost half of primary age children not telling their parents and almost a third of them telling no one.

Cyberbullied children as young as eight years old are suffering in silence with almost half of primary age children not telling their parents and almost a third of them telling no one.

As the Government looks for ways to help schools that are trying to ban smartphones, a major survey published on Tuesday outlines just how prevalent cyberbullying is amongst children and how dangerous it can be.