Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 5846

Pupils: Bullying

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Dan Norris

IndependentNorth East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent guidance her Department has provided on best practice for (a) responding to disclosures of bullying and (b) managing complex cases of bullying in schools.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
All schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying. They have the freedom to develop their own anti-bullying strategies appropriate to their environment and are held to account by Ofsted. The departm...

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