This background context paper provides an overview and highlights from the UK in relation to homophobic bullying in schools. The paper was prepared for Workstream 1 of the Rainbow Has European Funded Project involving 6 European countries and which looked at the Rights Through Alliances: Innovating and Networking Both Within Homes And Schools between 2012-15. This paper describes the UK context and other participating countries prepared a similar background paper to inform a comparative approach and to benchmark activity across Europe. The full project report and other outputs from the programme can be viewed on the project website http://rainbowhas.eu
