Toolkit topic: Cyberbullying

"Cyberbulling is a form of bullying, and as such schools should already be equipped to deal with the majority of cyberbulling cases through their existing anti-bullying and behaviour policies and procedures."

"Keep cyberbullying a live issue and celebrate your successes."

For information on Staffordshire's Action Against Bullying and their Anti-Bullying pledge click here

In September 2007 the DCSF produced a detailed, but very readable report on Cyberbullying. The report covers:

Understanding cyberbullying

What is cyberbullying and why do schools need to take it seriously?
The context: young people and technology
Forms that cyberbullying can take
How is cyberbullying different to other forms of bullying?
Brief Introduction to the technology.

Preventing cyberbullying

Taking a whole school-community approach
Understanding and talking about cyberbullying
Updating existing policies and practices
Making reporting cyberbullying easier
Promoting the positive use of technology
Evaluating the impact of prevention activities.

Responding to cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is a form of bullying
Support for the person being bullied*
Investigation
Working with the bully and applying sanctions.

*This section contains useful information on how to report an issue for mobile phone suppliers and social network sites; contact details for each are given.

This Report also contains a useful range of resources that can be printed: