This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition to legally give all schools the legal powers to enforce there bullying policies

Current school bullying policies are not legally enforced nor do they have to when it comes to physical attacks violence etc and should be made legal for all state schools to enforce where as currently there hands are tied cause bullying policies are being misinterpreted unclear

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the UK Government or Parliament to do. We're not sure what powers you would like schools to be given.

You can find out more about the Government's guidance for schools on preventing and responding to bullying here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying

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