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<p>The Government has made tackling all forms of bullying a top priority. It is never
acceptable for a child to be bullied, victimised or harmed in any way and the Government
does not want any young person to be absent from school due to the effects of bullying.</p><p>All
schools are required, by law, to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent
all forms of bullying among pupils. Ofsted now holds schools clearly to account for
their effectiveness. Under the current Ofsted framework, school inspectors consider
pupil behaviour and safety, which includes how well schools prevent bullying, harassment
and discrimination.</p><p>In the Education Act 2011, we strengthened teachers' powers
to discipline pupils for poor behaviour, including bullying. They can now issue same
day detentions, confiscate banned items and search for, and if necessary delete, inappropriate
images on mobile phones which might be linked to cyberbullying.</p><p>We are also
providing £4 million of funding over two years from spring 2013 to four organisations:
Beatbullying, the DianaAward, Kidscape and the National Children's Bureau, to develop
effective measures in school to prevent and tackle bullying.</p><p>Good schools create
a positive ethos with clear expectations about pupil behaviour that prevent bullying
from happening in the first place and deal with it quickly if it does occur.</p><p>
</p><p>We recognise the effect that bullying can have, that is why on 17 March 2014
we published a factsheet to help schools identify and support pupils which is available
here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying.</p><p>
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