Teenage girls in England less likely to feel safe in school than boys – study

Teenage girls in England less likely to feel safe in school than boys – study

Interventions to help boost pupils’ emotional engagement with school were needed, researchers said. Teenage girls in England are significantly less likely to feel safe in school than their male peers since the Covid-19 pandemic, a study has suggested. Secondary school pupils in England have some of the lowest school engagement rates around the world, according to UCL researchers. Interventions to help boost pupils’ emotional engagement with scho…

Girls in England feel less safe at school than they did pre-Covid, survey finds

Girls in England say they feel less safe at school and are more disenchanted with their education, research has found. Using data from an international study of pupils at primary and secondary schools, researchers said the steep fall in girls’ “emotional engagement” compared with the years before the Covid pandemic has become a pressing issue for schools. While the results from the international survey showed pupils’ feelings of belonging, safet…

Third of teenage girls ‘no longer feel safe in school’

A third of teenage girls in England no longer feel safe in schools, according to new UCL research that highlights a drop in students' enjoyment of school and satisfaction with their relationships with peers and teachers

Secondary pupils in England among the least emotionally engaged with school

4.04.2025 - Pupils in English secondary schools have some of the lowest school engagement rates around the world, with rates dropping amongst the fastest following the pandemic, report UCL researchers who analysed data in the recent Trends in International Maths and Science study.

Feeling safe in school – a widening gap across the UK

Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today: Girls in England say they feel less safe at school and are more disenchanted with their education, research has found. Using data from an international study of pupils at primary and secondary schools, researchers said the steep fall in girls’ “emotional engagement” compared with the years before the Covid pandemic has become a pressing issue for schools. While the results from the internationa…

The rise of teenage girls feeling unsafe at school - FFT Education Datalab

All children have the right to education. They also have the right to feel safe at school. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case in England – particularly amongst teenage girls. My new academic working paper out today uses data from the TIMSS study to track the emotional engagement of young people before and after the pandemic. It also investigates changes in their engagement between Year 5 and Year 9. The results are stark. Figure 1 illustr…