Anti-bullying Week 2011 will be held from 14-18 November.  With the slogan ‘Stop and think – words can hurt’ this year’s campaign is focused on tackling verbal bullying. Young people at the ABA Youth Summit 2010 raised concerns about the negative use of language in schools and the wider community – expressions like ‘you’re so gay’ and words like ‘sket’ and ‘slag’. ...more

Poor teenagers will be given expert tuition by teachers from Britain's top private schools under a significant expansion of the Government's controversial free school programme. ...more

The number of unemployed young people has passed the million mark, according to statistics to be published this week. ...more

London is hosting the biannual World Skills event, a competition where international teams compete in vocational skills including everything from plumbing to floristry. ...more

Schools are to face surprise inspections as part of a tough new regime at Ofsted when its next chief takes over, it was reported. ...more

It can be anonymous, round the clock and invade the most personal space. ...more

In Portals September edition we have a range of articles and resources from the UK and around the World ...more

Behaviour in good schools is not a serious problem but overall it remains a big concern for parents. ...more