This happened to me. For the first couple of schools I went to (parents moved around a lot, ended up 15 in the end) where this happened, I tried the teacher route, who were ******** for the most part.
Then I kicked the **** out of them after that. Strange how teachers moaned that you shouldn't do that, and how I should go through normal channels etc. Not a backbone amongst them.
Thankfully I shot up like a beanpole to nearly 6'3 so it sorta stopped after that.
I don't believe that violence is the way forward, and I feel that bullying is a terrible experience that filters through to different aspects of life, and sets or breaks some people for life.
Bullying in schools should be dealt with extremely harshly.
edit: I understand the issue of what do you do with bullies, you don't want them to end up dropping out of education, but there needs to be a punitive aspect, which involves families etc.
It really is awful what is going on in UK education now, Gove is an utterly vile little man. Having said that, we know the Tories are the nasty party so we should expect them to do things like this - why aren't the opposition holding the government to account on education?
because the opposition are equally crap, which is made ever more apparant by their inabillity to challenge the government. SO if they can't even challenge, god only knows how they would govern.
So... 'the banks' decide the government now do they? Which banks would that be - specifically?
You'd have been more convincing blaming the lizard-men controlling the media. Because they *do* decide ellections.
I hear Cameron is responsible for the bad weather & black holes.

Nope that was the previous Labour government.
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Thought they was responsible for bad aids.
George Monbiot makes a living out of writing inflamatory left-wing guff for people to get all het up about in CIF.
Lol There never was an education in this country for the non-priviledged. The problem with Gove is he actually looks the xxxx he is. Mr Nice but dim.Labour wrecked the education in this country.
I would like to know what Labour policies Hades feels wrecked the education (system?) specifically.
Off the top of my head...
The eroding of competition in schools so that no-one is a winner. I'm sorry but life isn't like that.
Massive immigration meaning that school classroom sizes are enlarged and school catchment areas are reduced. In my case I can't even get my kids into any local school.
Introduction of university fees while on the other hand devaluing the degrees themselves.
A general eroding of the quality of exams.
I think most people would agree that education standards in thus country have fallen in recent years and labour were presiding over most of that period.
Lack of accountability in schools resulting in weak teachers. When was the last time anyone was removed for incompetence?
Mind you the conservatives had a good go at ruining it too.
Off the top of my head...
The eroding of competition in schools so that no-one is a winner. I'm sorry but life isn't like that.
Massive immigration meaning that school classroom sizes are enlarged and school catchment areas are reduced. In my case I can't even get my kids into any local school.
Introduction of university fees while on the other hand devaluing the degrees themselves.
A general eroding of the quality of exams.
I think most people would agree that education standards in thus country have fallen in recent years and labour were presiding over most of that period.
Lack of accountability in schools resulting in weak teachers. When was the last time anyone was removed for incompetence?
Mind you the conservatives had a good go at ruining it too.