Ms Doreen McMorris:

In the course of our inspection work, inspectors check that there is an anti-bullying policy in place and, if necessary, they comment on the quality of it.

To answer the question on implementation, they do not check how it is implemented as such. It is not possible in the context of a short visit to a school. However, in the course of our work, questionnaires are administered to parents and students.

On the question of bullying, we have had post-primary parents' questionnaires from over 8,000 parents in 2012. Parents were asked if they were happy with how bullying was dealt with in the school. I just happen to have the exact data here. By way of response, 67% either agreed or strongly agreed. Some 8.7% disagreed and 24% - this is a cause of concern - indicated that they did not know whether or not they were happy. We do that on a regular basis through the questionnaires.