Learning Academy
Our free anti-bullying eLearning courses are for anyone working with, or caring for, children and young people.
Adults have an important role to play in supporting children affected by bullying. For many children, knowing that there is an adult that they can trust to help them if they are impacted by bullying is an essential part of coping with it. For some children however, stigmatising attitudes about bullying and discrimination can create barriers and make getting the right support difficult. We want to help ensure that all adults who are involved in the lives of children are informed, supportive and aware of bullying so that they know what to do to help.
We’re encouraging all adults to complete our Understanding Bullying and Responding to Bullying courses before moving onto our extended eLearning digital library including Bullying and Trauma and more.
Explore and complete each self-directed course at your own pace. If you need to take a break, don’t worry, the course tracker will identify your progress in your own unique respectme account if you are returning at a later time to complete or review learning materials.
How can I access respectme’s Learning Academy?
New learners can register to access respectme’s Learning Academy free online courses and get started. In addition to accessing our eLearning suite, you’ll also gain access to our all our resources and materials for Anti-Bullying Week annually.
Access our foundation/entry level courses
Understanding Bullying
This course will introduce you to ‘Respect for All, The National Approach to Anti-Bullying for Scotland’s Children and Young People’ and support learners to build a solid foundation of knowledge about what bullying is. Approximately 2 hours learning.
Responding to Bullying
This course will introduce learners to respectme’s RESPECT model for responding to bullying, designed to help you identify and remember the key elements that make up a high quality, effective response to bullying. Approximately 2 hours learning.
Further learning
Bullying and Trauma
Trauma can leave a lasting and harmful impact on children’s mental health, making it crucial to respond to trauma in all anti-bullying efforts. Approximately 1 hour learning time.
School Transitions (Relationships and Bullying)
This course is aimed at parents and carers with children moving through their school journey with a focus on behaviours and relationships and responses to bullying. Approximately 1 hour learning time.
Power of Peers
This course builds the confidence and skills of teachers and youth workers to guide young people towards becoming Anti-Bullying Activists. Approximately 1 hour learning time.
Bullying – A Guide for Parents and Carers
This course has been created to support you to understand and respond to bullying and offer practical skills to increase your confidence to support your child. Approximately 1 hour learning time.
Online Bullying
Bullying that takes place online is still bullying. It is unhelpful to think of ‘bullying’ in one respect, and ‘online bullying’ in another – bullying is about relationships that are not healthy. Approximately 1 hour learning time.
Body Image and Bullying
Many young people are targeted simply because of how they look which can affect how they think, feel and behave and can have a long lasting and detrimental impact on mental health and wellbeing. Approximately 1 hr learning time
Mental Health and Bullying
There is a strong link between bullying behaviour and mental health and importantly, this relationship can work both ways. Increasing evidence explores this correlation and highlights the dangerous impact that bullying can inflict on an individual.
Webinar Opportunities for 2026
Future developments
Our Learning Academy will evolve with new courses over time and new dates for webinar learning opportunities will be added annually.
We would love to hear your feedback and ideas on what you’d like to see here. Email your views and suggestions to training@respectme.org.uk.
