Despite the tragic results that can arise from bullying, causing children to withdraw from education and society, and even kill themselves on occasion, it is not something that was ever formally considered by area child protection committees. Bullying, however, is just one of the areas where the new local safeguarding children boards, which will replace the old child protection committees, are expected to make a difference.
As Sonia Sharp, senior executive director for children and young people's services at Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, explains: "Bullying is a priority area for our new board, not least because the voice of children and young people is being heard at a senior level and this is one of the issues they've raised."
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