Bully Stoppers: schools
Information for schools to help them understand, prevent and respond to bullying.
Schools play an important role in preventing and responding to bullying.
Schools that adopt a whole-school approach to bullying prevention, including engaging all members of their community and responding to concerns appropriately, are more likely to succeed in creating safe, respectful and inclusive school environments.
Bully Stoppers has resources designed to support schools to prevent, address and respond to bullying. This includes classroom resources, advice sheets, links to relevant policies, and guidance and strategies that can be tailored to meet the needs of your school community.
Information and advice
Identifying and addressing bullying
Bullying behaviour can be complex. These approaches may assist schools to identify and address bullying.
The role of schools
How schools can create safe and respectful environments, and how to respond to bullying.
Vulnerable students
How to take into consideration the demographic of your student community and identify any particular vulnerable groups of students and families.
Strategies
Individual strategies
How to consider each child’s circumstances and develop the most appropriate strategies against bullying.
School strategies
Schools with an integrated strategy to prevent and respond to bullying have more successful outcomes.
Classroom strategies
Strategies that promote respect and positive relationships can help prevent bullying in the classroom.
Policy
Legal duty of care
Requires principals and teachers to take all reasonable steps to reduce risk, create a safe environment and implement strategies to prevent bullying.
School policies
Bullying prevention and response policies support schools to create safe and respectful school climates and address all forms of bullying, including cyberbullying.
Cybersafety
Schools and cybersafety
School-based cybersafety education and conversations with adults are two major factors that influence young people’s online safety strategies.
Resources
Advice sheets
Practical advice sheets to help school communities deal with bullying online and offline.
Helpful resources
Links to a wide range of helpful resources and websites about bullying, including online bullying.
Classroom resources
Links to downloadable classroom activities, videos, advice sheets and other useful resources to use in the classroom.
Bully Stoppers: survey tool
A practical resource to assist schools to work with their community to better respond to and prevent bullying.
Bully Stoppers Pledge
A pledge to stand up for each other and stop bullying in our schools.
Overview of the six methods
The six methods of intervention are used to address cases of bullying encountered in schools.
Updated 27 March 2026
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