Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 59565

Schools: Bullying

Tabled: 12 June 2025

Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a (a) national and (b) mandatory Code of Practice to tackle bullying in schools.

Answer

Stephen Morgan

All schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying.The department has issued guidance to schools on how to prevent and respond to bullying as part of their overall behaviour policy. The guidance is a...

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