A GIRL who was gang-raped by her fellow students has been REFUSED entry to a new school because teachers believe she would “spoil the atmosphere”, police have said.

The 16-year-old was attacked by four other pupils at a top boarding school in Dehradun in northern India on August 14, according to local reports.

Her parents have now filed a police report after the girl was denied admission by two schools in the region, reports Gulf News.

Senior Superintendent of Police Nivedita Kukreti said one of the schools knocked back her application because they believe she would spoil the atmosphere on campus.

She said: “We are looking into the complaint. We will send a team to the school concerned to take its version on Monday as it closed for puja holidays.

“Meanwhile, we are also exploring the legal course of action to be taken in a case like this.”

The teen’s distraught parents are considering sending her to a school outside of the region, reports local media.

Former chairman of Uttarakhand Commission for Protection of Child Rights Yogendra Khanduri said the treatment of the girl was "unfortunate".

He told PTI: “ How can they deny admission to the child? If the girl has merit, there is no reason why they should refuse to take her in.

“They should give her admission even on humanitarian ground as she is a rape survivor who has suffered trauma.”

The attack only came to light on September 17 – over four weeks after it was carried out – after being kept secret by school authorities, claims Gulf News.

Nine people –the four attackers and five school staff including the principal – were arrested following the sexual assault.

In May, The Sun Online revealed that an epidemic of child rape is sweeping India.

Some 54 children across the country are raped every day. This is more than two every hour.

Campaigners say traditional views on the role of women, the rise of social media, as well as class and religious conflict could all be contributing to the horrific wave of attacks.

The death of eight-year-old Asifa Bano on January 17 in particular sparked nationwide protests, while grim details of further child killings are published on a near-daily basis.

Asifa's death scratched open a long festering wound in India - the nation's horrific but largely ignored track record of child rape.

It has now been labelled a "national emergency" and the government has brought in the death penalty for those found guilty of such crimes.

And official figures show 100,000 such cases - which may be just the tip of the iceberg - are currently making their way through India's clunky court system.