Schools required to implement anti-bullying laws
Schools in Northern Ireland will be legally required to record all incidents of bullying and alleged bullying from 1 September.
They will also have to keep records of the motivation behind the bullying, the method involved and how the incident was dealt with.
That is according to guidance to schools from the Department of Education on new anti-bullying laws.
The laws also provide a legal definition of bullying in schools.
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