Question follow-through · 59565

Schools: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a (a) national and (b) mandatory Code of Practice to tackle bullying in schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
16 Jun 2025
Answer
23 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a (a) national and (b) mandatory Code of Practice to tackle bullying in schools.

  2. 16 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    All schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying.The department has issued guidance to schools on how to prevent and respond to bullying as part of their overall behaviour policy. The guidance is a...

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