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Teachers targeted by cyberbullying pupils and parents

School teachers have been subjected to online abuse and cyberbullying by pupils and parents, a study has found.

Research carried out by the University of Plymouth found parents were responsible for a quarter of the abuse suffered by teachers.

Nearly 400 teachers nationwide, both primary and secondary, were surveyed for Prof Andy Phippen's study.

"From the research it appears that kids can be perpetrators as well as victims," he told BBC News.

"The most shocking is the parental abuse." More