The Education and Skills Committee's final report on bullying, published yesterday (Tuesday), urges the Government to issue fresh guidance to schools as a matter of urgency, making it clear they should not be barring young victims from school.
The report says the Government's guidelines must make it clear that all anti-bullying work should focus on changing the behaviour of bullies, rather than victims. And it calls for local authorities to draw up advice to schools, setting out what services are available for young people whose bullying behaviour cannot be dealt with in school.
The report also says the Government should introduce a requirement for all schools to record all incidents of bullying, and for all schools' anti-bullying policies to mention disability-related, race-related, faith-based and homophobic bullying.
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