Leading Article: We must take action on bullying

An extraordinary report from the Department for Children, Schools and Families paints a bleak picture of the life of children from poor homes who are taught in schools serving affluent areas. They are in such a minority that they are easily bullied by their richer classmates. As they roam the high streets of well-heeled towns their deprivation is starkly apparent to them because they walk by things they can't afford in shop windows. What can be done?