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Strong evidence supports our current understandings of student bullying behaviours and ways schools can prevent and respond effectively to bullying behaviour. In the late 1990’s, however, little was understood about the most effective ways to reduce bullying in Australian schools. In response to schools’ need for evidence-informed action, a pipeline of research called Friendly Schools was initiated in 1999 which for the past twenty years, has provided robust whole-school evidence-based knowledge and skills to support policy makers, school staff and other practitioners working in schools and families across Australia.

The current effectiveness trial evaluated the combination of a whole-school program designed to prevent bullying perpetration and victimization

Results indicated a number factors which influenced the uptake of Motivational Interviewing in schools

This study demonstrates the importance of considering the effectiveness of secondary school bullying prevention interventions and real-world implementation support

These findings demonstrate the immediate value of whole-school interventions to reduce bullying behaviour and associated harms among students

This study reports on a three-year group randomized controlled trial, the Cyber Friendly Schools Project, aimed to reduce cyberbullying among grade 8 students

Whole-school capacity-building intervention in early and middle childhood can improve the likelihood and frequency of positive parent–child communication about bullying

We discuss the implications of addressing Revenge and Recreation, as well as Reward and Rage aggression motives, for bullying prevention and intervention strategies

We provide a narrative review of Motivational Interviewing and map its core features onto the extant literature on self‐reported motivations for bullying

The complexity of an issue such as school bullying and how this is best addressed as part of a systematic whole-school approach