My daughter is being bullied at school. It has been going on for years and is always by the same girl. It has been physical in the past, but that was dealt with by the school. The current bullying involves either ignoring and getting everyone else to ignore her, or playing "games" that involve her always being the baddie or always being it when they play tag etc.
What can my daughter/the school do about it? She is only friends with the bully and a couple of others who do what the bully says, so "find other friends to play with" doesn't work, because if she's not with them then she is on her own. "Stand up for yourself" doesn't work either because if she says she doesn't want to be the baddie, she is excluded from the group. And there is very little she could say the teacher when this happens because it is subtle.