Preventing and tackling bullying

There are a number of statutory obligations on schools with regard to behaviour which establish clear responsibilities to respond to bullying.

Every school must have measures to encourage good behaviour and prevent all forms of bullying amongst pupils.

Preventing and tackling bullying (DfE website)
Department for Education's advice for school leaders, staff and governing bodies.

This advice outlines the government's approach to bullying, legal obligations and the powers schools have to tackle bullying, and the principles which underpin the most effective anti-bullying strategies in schools. It also lists further resources through which school staff can access specialist information on the specific issues that they face.

Racist bullying
Information on tackling racist bullying, useful documents to download and links to relevant websites, including the racist incident report form.