Mr. David O'Sullivan:

Obviously there is the Stay Safe programme in primary schools which addresses the topic of bullying and the issue of the bystander in the context of encouraging where issues arise between pupils and telling a trusted adult when issues occur. Although the Stay Safe programme has been in schools for several years, there has been a distinct lack of training for teachers in that regard. It is now mandatory in schools and it is checked by inspectors as part of child safeguarding inspections and so forth. The rolling out of a suite of training on that issue may go a long way to addressing it and giving the bystander not the power but the confidence to address issues as they arise in schools.