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Bullying

Head teachers have a legal duty to draw up procedures to prevent bullying among pupils and to bring these procedures to the attention of staff, parents and pupils.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk /management/atoz/b/bullying/

Comprehensive resources on how to recognise bullying and strategies for how to tackle the issue are available from TeacherNet.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/ behaviour/tacklingbullying/

The best website to refer children to is the ChildLine one. See an outline of it and note the helpline number.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk /childline/

Bullying - don't suffer in silence covers policy and guidance on the elimination of bullying in schools and includes a video of approx 26 mins running time. 
http://publications.teachern et.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=produ ctdetails&PageMode=publications&ProductId =DfES+0064+2000&

Bullying: A Charter for Action was sent to all schools and has had successful take-up. Order a copy for your school from Online Publications.
http://publications.teachern et.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=produ ctdetails&PageMode=publications&ProductId =DfES+0838+2003&