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News & opinion — 5 Aug 2019

NSPCC report reveals: The most prevalent type of ‘inappropriate’ online content seen by children and young people is bullying

NSPCC’s recently published safeguarding report has shown that bullying is the most prevalent type of ‘inappropriate’ content seen online by both primary and secondary school students.

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News & opinion — 22 Jul 2019

International survey shows that bullying “between pupils in England is highest in the developed world”

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News & opinion — 3 Jun 2019

The theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2019 announced as ‘Change Starts With Us’

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News & opinion — 30 May 2019

Ofsted make changes to the Inspection Framework as a result of consultation with ABA and its members

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News & opinion — 30 May 2019

Timpson Review on exclusions

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News & opinion — 30 Jan 2019

Bringing an end to online bullying: Whose job is it anyway?

In the lead up to Safer Internet Day 2019, Martha Evans, Director of the Anti-Bullying Alliance, looks at what we need to do to tackle online bullying.

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News & opinion — 13 Nov 2018

Anti-Bullying Week School Staff Award Winners Announced!

Each year the Anti-Bullying Alliance coordinates Anti-Bullying Week in schools across England and this is the second year we have held an award for teachers that go beyond the call of duty to support children with issues such as bullying, family life, relationships and health. We had a significant number of entries. The unique thing about the award is that it pupils nominate their teacher.

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News & opinion — 8 Nov 2018

Children want adults to show more respect for each other ahead of Anti-Bullying Week

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News & opinion — 20 Sep 2018

Children’s voices: are we doing enough to support young people to talk about bullying?

Children and young people are our future and hold a huge potential to change our communities for the better. We know that when children feel valued and confident to speak up it creates an incredibly positive force for change.

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News & opinion — 13 Aug 2018

Alternative provision and exclusion: how should schools be dealing with this?

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News & opinion — 26 Jun 2018

LSYPE2 - what does it tell us about bullying?

These research briefs examines the prevalence and nature of bullying. It is based on data from the second Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE2). LSYPE2 is a large study of young people, managed by the Department for Education (DfE). It is also known as the ‘Our Future’ study.

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News & opinion — 1 Jun 2018

The power of data to change school cultures

This blog was written by Elizabeth Bowles, Programme Head at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, on how schools can use data to inform strategies to address prejudice-based bullying before it escalates.

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