Creating Safer School Environments: Responding to Bullying and its Impact

Kat Fuller is a highly experienced Family Support Practitioner and currently the Parent Support Manager at anti-bullying charity Kidscape. She delivers helpline services and practical workshops for parents and carers concerned about bullying, offering emotional support, guidance, and tools to help protect young lives. With a background in schools, charities, and local authorities, including experience as a DSL in a Specialist Primary School, Kat is particularly passionate about children’s rights, emotional well-being, and supporting families of neurodivergent, adopted, and LAC children. She also has a keen interest in school attendance challenges linked to bullying and in promoting emotional health in the early years.

Dr Nathalie Noret is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in Education at the University of York. Her research focuses on children and adolescents’ experiences of bullying and its impact on mental health. She completed her MSc and PhD at the University of Strathclyde and previously held a Senior Lecturer post at York St John University. She is also Pathway Director for the BSc Psychology in Education (BPS-accredited) and teaches across undergraduate programmes.