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Will a pupil reach out to you during Anti-Bullying Week?

The annual Anti-Bullying Week takes place from November 14 to 18. Martha Evans looks at how the campaign is encouraging supportive conversations about bullying and asks all school staff to be aware of what they can do if a pupil reaches out to them

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Anti-Bullying Week and United Against Bullying: Resources and support

Are we allowing pupils to ‘reach out’ about bullying? Ahead of this year’s Anti-Bullying Week 2022, Martha Evans looks at resources and funded support to ensure this work is embedded in your schools all year round

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Responding to harmful sexual behaviours among children

A helpline has been launched for education and safeguarding professionals to help them respond to incidents of inappropriate sexual behaviour among children and young people.

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Anti-Bullying Week: LGBT+ assembly resources

To mark this year’s Anti-Bullying Week, resources have been made available to help schools host LGBT+ inclusive assemblies.

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Anti-Bullying Week: Three ideas for cultivating kindness

Ahead of Anti-Bullying Week 2021, Martha Evans offers three ideas for how we can cultivate a kinder school environment and create a happier school, including five questions to get your pupils thinking about kindness...

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How are you supporting your pupils' mental health and wellbeing?

A range of practical advice for supporting the wellbeing and good mental health of children and young people in schools is on offer at the Sixth National Pupil Mental Health Online Conference.

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Just One Kind Word: Anti-Bullying Week 2021

Kindness fuels kindness and in a polarised, online world it is becoming more and more crucial. Could 2021 be the year when we see the importance of kindness? Anti-Bullying Week is leading the way and Martha Evans is urging schools to get involved

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United Against Bullying: Anti-Bullying Week 2020

Anti-Bullying Week 2020 takes place from November 16 to 20 and the Anti-Bullying Alliance has lined up free resources and activity ideas to help schools prepare. Martha Evans offers some advice

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Back to School Guide: Supporting student wellbeing

In this 12-page Back to School guide, we consider how the lockdown will have affected young people’s wellbeing and mental health, what challenges we expect to see as more pupils return, and how schools must respond...

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Anti-Bullying Week 2020: United against bullying

The theme and early plans for Anti-Bullying Week 2020 have been unveiled by the Anti-Bullying Alliance.

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All Together: Free anti-bullying programme

The All Together anti-bullying programme is free for schools in England and has just been extended until March 2021. Nicola Murray from the Anti-Bullying Alliance explains

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Resources encourage pupils to explore issues of online identity

How young people manage their identity online is to be the focus for the next Safer Internet Day, with organisers offering a range of new resources for schools.

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Therapeutic teaching: A calm start to the year...

It can be easy to forget that some of the pupils in your classroom may not have had good summer holidays. Shahana Knight offers some advice

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Anti-Bullying Week 2019: Change Starts With Us...

We have collective responsibility to reduce bullying and this year’s Anti-Bullying Week is encouraging us all to take this responsibility seriously. Olivia Foster explains more about what is planned

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Therapeutic schools: Some quick wellbeing ideas

Continuing her series on creating therapeutic school environments, Shahana Knight offers three ideas for encouraging wellbeing skills and healthy mindsets

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Tackling cyber-bullying

Understanding the nature of cyber-bullying and what can be done to support pupils is a vital part of safeguarding practice. Drawing on her research, Dr Lucy Betts has published resources to support schools

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Bullying: We have a choice...

How can we use discussions about respectful disagreement to help stop bullying? Ahead of Anti-Bullying Week, Martha Evans considers how schools can support children to ‘Choose Respect’

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Creating a therapeutic school: Classroom environments

In a new regular series for Headteacher Update, expert Shahana Knight will advise schools on supporting the emotional and mental health of children and staff, offering easy-to-implement and cost-effective activities. Here she focuses on the classroom environment and a useful whole-school idea

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Free evidence and research download

Headteacher Update's Research Insights articles, published with the NFER, offer in-depth, evidence based advice, guidance and best practice covering a wide range of areas. The latest article focuses on the barriers to teacher recruitment and retention...

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Ideas and resources for Anti-Bullying Week 2017

How can we make the most of Anti-Bullying Week in schools, including this year’s primary-focused Odd Socks Day initiative? Martha Evans explains more and offers some ideas for primary schools

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'All Different, All Equal' - Anti-Bullying Week 2017

Discrimination in schools is still a real challenge. Embracing Anti-Bullying Week 2017 and celebrating difference can be an antidote to intolerance, says Martha Evans.

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Anti-Bullying Week: Using your Power for Good

This year’s Anti-Bullying Week will be encouraging pupils to realise the power they often hold and to ensure they use it for good. Lauren Seager-Smith explains

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Guidance and training video launched in bid to tackle bullying of young carers

New guidance and a training video have been released to support school staff when working with young carers.

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Equality: Making it happen

A guide has been published to help schools reduce and tackle prejudice.

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Anti-Bullying Week 2015

This year’s Anti-Bullying Week runs from November 16 to 20 and is focusing on the damage that bullying causes to mental health and wellbeing – encouraging pupils and schools to #MakeANoise about bullying.

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