This study is devoted to the problem of the existence of school bullying, as well as the analysis of the practice of the European Court of Human Rights related to it in the school sphere. The study of this direction is conditioned by the need to use the decision of the ECtHR in cases related to bullying in the school environment in Ukrainian judicial practice. The work reveals the interpretation of bullying and its legal definition. The signs and determinants (namely: causes and conditions) of school violence are described, as well as an understudied concept - the situation of bullying, which is necessary when considering this issue in court. In the course of the study, the criminological and constitutional aspects characteristic of bullying in the school environment were considered. The specifics of criminal liability for committing actions classified as bullying by participants in the educational process and a list of constitutional rights and freedoms that are violated by such actions are given. In order to properly disclose the research, the shortcomings that arise during the observance of human rights in the school sphere are considered. Data from 2019 to 2023 on the drawing up of administrative protocols on the commission of juvenile bullying prevention by the National Police of Ukraine, as well as sociological data conducted by us for this study in various regions on the presence and state of bullying in schools of Ukraine, are presented. The practice of considering cases of the European Court of Human Rights and their analysis regarding school violence is presented, as well as an illustrative case regarding the discrimination of children with special needs. Based on this, it was concluded that the practice of the European Court of Human Rights in the field of education plays a key role at the international level, the analysis of decisions is necessary to improve the legislative regulation of bullying in the school environment and is promising for countering this phenomenon.