Summary
The Kingston upon Hull Special Educational Needs Support Service (SENSS) Anti‐Bullying Project has developed the support group approach to bullying, building particularly on the work of Maines and Robinson (1991, 1992). This article reports on the outcome of this type of intervention. It provides independent corroborative evidence of Maines and Robinson's findings and outlines the theoretical framework that leads to an understanding of why this approach is so successful.