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<p>Harassment or bullying of any kind is completely unacceptable and abhorrent in
any setting including schools. All schools are legally required to have a behaviour
policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying. Schools have a role in promoting
community cohesion and integration and are required to support pupils' spiritual,
moral, social and cultural development and to promote fundamental British values.
This is a priority for the Government and the Department working with the sector to
support them in this role, including, for example, encouraging social mixing across
schools.</p><p>Earlier this year an extension was announced to the Department’s anti-bullying
grant programme, which is now providing over £2.8 million of funding between September
2016 and March 2020, to four anti-bullying organisations that support schools to tackle
bullying. This includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups such as those
with special educational need and disabilities and those who are victims of hate related
to bullying, along with a project to report bullying online.</p><p>Whilst there is
no legal requirement on schools to record and report incidents of bullying the department
uses evidence from surveys as an indicator of the prevalence of bullying.</p><p>This
includes the Department’s omnibus survey of pupils and their parents/carers. The latest
report (September 2018[1]) shows an overall reduction in reports of bullying compared
to the previous year, with 37% of pupils surveyed reporting being a victim of bullying
at least once in the last year, compared to 45% of pupils the previous year.</p><p>There
was an increase in the proportion of pupils who reported being bullied at least once
a month in the last year because of their race, nationality or ethnicity (3%, compared
to 1% the previous year).</p><p>Other surveys used by the department include Bullying
in England - a report based on analysis of the ONS crime survey for England and Wales
(published November 2018);[2] and the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England
(LSYPE) 2 (wave 3 published June 2018).[3]</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-and-their-parents-or-carers-omnibus-wave-1-survey"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-and-their-parents-or-carers-omnibus-wave-1-survey</a>.</p><p>[2].<a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bullying-in-england-april-2013-to-march-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bullying-in-england-april-2013-to-march-2018</a>.</p><p>[3]<a
href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/715469/Bullying-Evidence_from_LSYPE2__wave_3.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/715469/Bullying-Evidence_from_LSYPE2__wave_3.pdf</a>.</p>
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