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&
