Steve McCabe – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department gives schools and teachers on online abuse from a student towards a teacher.

Elizabeth Truss

Guidance to schools about online abuse by pupils towards teachers is set out in our advice document, ‘Preventing and Tackling Bullying’. This guidance signposts schools to ‘Digizen.Org’ who offer a range of advice and support for school staff. Schools can also access a range of practical resources from the UK Safer Internet Centre.