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Call to change anti-bullying law
whoiscarol | September 20, 2009 at 02:42 pm
Leading education lawyers and charities are calling for a change in the law to protect vulnerable young people from extreme bullying in England and Wales.
Head teachers are not being held accountable for violent and abusive pupils and anti-bullying guidelines should be strengthened, they claim.
The Children’s Legal Centre said more parents had been seeking legal advice.
But the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said “hyper-accountability” already existed.
England Schools Minister Vernon Coaker said the government’s measures were working, but recognised procedures for parents needed to be strengthened. He said a bill to address this was already in parliament.
The call comes after the Westminster government launched a campaign to help tackle bullying against children with special needs.