Corey Woodhouse took his life after being bullied online. Now, the government is taking action

Forbes boy Corey Woodhouse had dreams of being a pilot.

But just weeks after his 14th birthday, he took his life after being bullied online on secret social media accounts he signed up to using a school-issued email address.

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His parents had no idea.

Now, the state government has acted on a 7NEWS campaign to have access cut.

The government confirmed from Term 4 the education department will block school emails from social media, messaging and gaming apps, including for password recovery.

Corey’s father Jason Woodhouse spent months pushing for access to Corey’s school emails to view what was being said to his son.

“I definitely knew that the email account existed,” he told 7NEWS.

“What I wasn’t aware of is that the account was being used to set up for external accounts.”

He wants a better process regarding reporting bullying or teasing.

Premier Chris Minns on Monday said the move was “good, commonsense change, driven by parents in particular”.

“There can’t be a situation where you are using the school email to access social media,” he told 7NEWS.

Currently, it is up to each individual school to write and implement its own bullying policy.

There are now calls for the education department to give schools more resources to deal with the growing online battlefield.

Woodhouse joins the family of 12-year-old bullied school girl Charlotte O’Brien in calling for change.

Charlotte died in an act of self-harm on September 9 after allegedly suffering years of torment and harassment at Santa Sabina College in Strathfield and on social media.

On Monday, her stepfather said the college let the Year 7 student down, as his family are forced to accept a future without their little girl.

“I’ve been disappointed, to say the least, with the response that’s come from the school,” he told 2GB.

“We will never see her graduate from uni.

“I’ll never get to walk her down the aisle.”

Santa Sabina College previously said “claims” surrounding the teenager’s death were “new to the college and are not consistent with our records”.

In a new statement, the principal of the all-girls Catholic Dominican school said it had received a number of supportive messages and emails from families following the tragedy.

Paulina Skerman said many parents wrote about their children feeling “safe and cared for” at the school and opposed the “portrayal of our college as failing to deal with matters that cause distress amongst our students”.

“These matters are always complex and we always work in partnerships with families to support our students,” she said.

Charlotte’s father responded, saying: “Those mothers that have given that school support, no doubt they will be planning on picking their daughter up from school today, and we are not.”

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