Horrific Instagram video of schoolchildren being bullied and bashed sparks investigation 

Horrific videos of students being bullied at school are causing anxious Western Australian parents to ‘bawl their eyes out’. 

Kids are seen fighting and throwing punches at each other in a classroom and a school yard as a helpless teacher tries to stop them.

The Western Australian Education Department is investigating after the videos appeared on Instagram, claiming to be taken at Halls Head College, 72 km South of Perth, 7 News reports. 

A mother told the network she cried when she saw the footage and was thinking ‘this is someone’s baby.’ 

‘I bawled my eyes out,’ she said. 

Her daughter, who is reportedly a student in the area, described how ‘it’s pretty much like jail’.

‘Like you’re in jail, literally. You have to keep your head down at all times, you can’t even look at people,’ she told the network. 

Kids are seen fighting and throwing punches at each other in a classroom (pictured) a helpless teacher tries to stop them

‘I’m afraid. I know who they are and I know what they are capable of.’  

It is not the first time the school has come into the spotlight.   

Police were called to the school in October last year when ‘adult intruders’ entered the school and fought with students, Mandurah Coastal Times reported.    

Daily Mail Australia has contacted WA Education Department for comment. 

The Western Australian Education Department is reportedly investigating after the videos appeared on Instagram