Overview
- The Ifop/Marion la main tendue barometer finds 17% of pupils report repeated victimization and 7% identify as perpetrators, based on a sample of 3,015 students.
- Among those identified as harassers, about two in three say they were previously victimized, and 60% report never having been sanctioned.
- Education Minister Édouard Geffray says 282 elementary pupils have been moved under the 2023 transfer decree, with the total likely now exceeding 300, and disciplinary councils for harassment have risen sharply in secondary schools.
- Justice data since March 2022 show more than 10,000 cases recorded, roughly 600 prosecutions opened by end‑2024, and 240 convictions under the 2022 law that criminalized school harassment.
- A parents survey reports one‑third of families say a child was victimized and 60% of cases involve mockery, insults or threats, while teachers also describe harassment within staff ranks and limited avenues for recourse.