| answer text |
<p>There is no legal requirement on schools to record and report incidents of bullying
and there never has been. Schools should develop their own approaches for monitoring
bullying and exercise their own judgement as to what will work best for their pupils.</p><p>
</p><p>All schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to
prevent all forms of bullying. They have the freedom to develop their own anti-bullying
strategies appropriate to their environment and are held to account by Ofsted.</p><p>
</p><p>In July 2017, the department updated its advice for schools, which outlines
schools’ responsibilities to support children who are bullied. The advice makes clear
that schools should make appropriate provision for a bullied child's social, emotional
and mental health needs. This advice is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>The department provided over £3 million of funding, between 10 August 2021
and 31 March 2024, to five anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle
bullying. This included projects targeting bullying of particular groups, such as
those who are victims of hate related bullying.</p>
|
|
