The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) published Safe to Learn in late September. It offers advice to teachers on how to create an anti-bullying policy including a recommendation that head teachers hand specific responsibility for anti-bullying work to a designated member of staff.
But at a CYP Now's Tackling Bullying conference last Wednesday (27 February), a number of school and local authority staff said receiving hard copies of the document would be more beneficial than having to look at it online.
Jacqui Hughes, head of educational inclusion in the children's services directorate at Salford City Council, said although she was aware of the guidance, sending hard copies to schools as a matter of course would be more beneficial.
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