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<p>The Government believes that schools are best placed to decide how to prevent and
tackle bullying based on their particular circumstances. There is no legal requirement
on schools to record incidents of bullying but school staff should develop a consistent
and effective approach to monitoring bullying incidents. For some schools, that will
mean recording incidents while others prefer to take a different approach, such as
surveying their pupils anonymously to identify trends in bullying and how safe young
people feel at school. Schools are held to account on their approach to bullying by
Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Research results from the national
Longitudinal Study of Young people (LSYPE), which is funded by the Department for
Education, found that bullying among year 9 pupils has fallen in the period from 2004
to 2013. 30,000 fewer pupils said they had been bullied in the last twelve months.
This is a reduction from 45 per cent of pupils to 40 per cent.</p><p> </p>
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