Every school leader, teacher and PSHE lead wants the same thing: a school where every pupil feels safe, supported, and respected. But with bullying still affecting many children, the question remains: what actually works in anti-bullying education?
At OpenView Education, we specialise in delivering anti-bullying workshops that are not only engaging and age-appropriate, but grounded in the latest research. We focus on three core strategies that can transform your school’s approach to bullying.
1. Focus on Social & Emotional Skills
Raising awareness is important. But teaching pupils the skills they need to navigate relationships, manage emotions, and respond with kindness has far greater impact.
Social skills training, conflict resolution and emotion regulation were the most effective interventions for reducing violent behaviour. — Youth Endowment Fund, 2023
Research from the Youth Endowment Fund shows that Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programmes reduce violence, improve behaviour and boost academic performance.
Our anti-bullying workshops use drama, role-play and interactive storytelling to help pupils develop empathy, build resilience, and grow in self-confidence.
2. Create a Whole-School Approach
Anti-bullying education is not a one-off assembly or a tick-box activity during Anti-Bullying Week. The most effective schools embed a consistent, joined-up approach involving staff, students and families.
A whole-school approach to anti-bullying is cohesive, collective and collaborative action in and by a school community that has been strategically constructed with school leadership to reduce bullying and respond to it appropriately. — Anti-Bullying Alliance
When you book with OpenView Education, we support your whole-school strategy with high-quality resources, planning support and staff training options.
3. Empower Bystanders with Practical Actions
Did you know that over 75% of pupils will witness bullying? Yet many don’t intervene because they don’t know how.
Bystanders have the potential to make a positive difference in a bullying situation by becoming an upstander. An upstander is someone who sees what happens and intervenes, interrupts, or speaks up to stop the bullying. — StopBullying.gov
Through role-play, our Anti-Bullying workshops empower students with clear, actionable bystander strategies
OpenView Education: Your Partner in Creating Safe, Respectful School Communities
At OpenView Education, these three strategies are the foundation of our anti-bullying workshops for primary and secondary schools. Our mission is to empower young people with the knowledge and skills they need to stay safe and live successful, happy lives.
Planning for Anti-Bullying Week or Looking to embed a whole-school anti-bullying strategy?
Get in touch today.
📧 info@openvieweducation.co.uk
📞 0207 459 4473
