THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED IN RESPONSE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE OFSTED TOOLKIT (September 2025) AND FURTHER GUIDANCE REGARDING INSPECTION OF ANTI-BULLYING
The ABQM-UK Bronze Award supports schools in:
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Encouraging leaders, staff, pupils/students and parents/carers to work together to develop a whole school approach to bullying and cyber-bullying
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Providing learning opportunities that focus on developing and maintaining positive peer-to-peer relationships
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Establishing responses to bullying incidents that are efficient and effective and understood by families, ensuring that attendance is not affected by experiences of bullying behaviour
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Ensuring pupils/students with particular needs know what bullying is and supporting them in stopping it
The ABQM-UK Silver and Gold Awards Support Schools in:
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Providing learning opportunities that achieve better understanding of the experiences and rights of peers, including different appoaches to learning, different physical abilities and developing effective working relationships with pupils who learn in these ways
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Engaging pupils/students in the strategic development of anti-bullying (including the development of lessons and staff CPD) as well as peer-to-peer support for managing incidents of bullying and cyber-bullying behaviour
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Encouraging pupils/students who have been involved in bullying incidents to become peer supporters
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Supporting vulnerable pupils/students and their families in building the skills and resilience to manage incidents of bullying behaviour and peer pressure
ANTI-BULLYING QUALITY MARK-UK
Securing Safety, Mental Health and Wellbeing for All

OFSTED Grade Descriptors for Behaviour and Attitudes
that are addressed by the ABQM-UK Programme
(School Inpection Handbook 2019)
