Question follow-through · 22877
Pupils: Bullying
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent bullying in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Essex.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent bullying in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Essex.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2025
Answer published
All schools must have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying. They are free to develop their own anti-bullying strategies to suit their specific needs and are held to account by Ofsted.Schools must take a strong stand against al...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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