A full review of existing evidence and best practice for successfully tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying is to be carried out.
The aim of the project is to develop evidence-based strategies and tools to support secondary schools in tackling this type of bullying.
The plan was unveiled by the government’s equalities minister, Jo Swinson, during a visit to Bridge Academy in Hackney, east London – a member of the Stonewall School Champions programme – to mark Anti-Bully Week 2013, which came to an end last Friday (November 22).
Statistics from Stonewall show that 55 per cent of young lesbian, gay and bisexual people experienced homophobic bullying at school in 2012.
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