Anti-Bullying
We are committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for all of our children so they can
learn in a relaxed and secure atmosphere. Bullying of any kind is unacceptable at our school. If bullying
does occur, all children should be able to tell and know that incidents will be dealt with promptly and
effectively. We are a TELLING school. This means that anyone who knows that bullying is happening is
expected to tell the staff.
What Is bullying?
Bullying is defined as deliberately hurtful behaviour, repeated over a period of time, where it is difficult for
those being bullied to defend themselves.
The three main types of bullying are:
- physical (hitting, kicking, theft)
- verbal (name calling, racist remarks)
- indirect (spreading rumours, excluding someone from social groups).
Whether bullying is taking place online or in person, children are negatively impacted and affected by it. They can be physically and emotionally hurt by bullying behaviours and it is important that as a school and parents we take steps to make sure that children are supported and that we address bullying directly.
Anti-Bullying Ambassador
An Anti-Bullying Ambassador is someone who has been trained by The Diana Award Anti-Bullying Programme. Their role is to help educate their peers on bullying behaviour, lead on anti-bullying campaigns, promote a culture which celebrates and tolerates difference and help keep their peers safe both online and offline. This is our current team and each year we grow the team and new members apply. You'll spot them in the playground as they will be wearing green hats.
Bullying can be:
- Emotional: Being unfriendly, excluding (e.g. telling other children not to play with someone), tormenting(e.g. hiding books or making threatening gestures.
- Physical: Pushing, kicking, hitting, punching or any use of violence.
- Racist: Racial taunts, graffiti, gestures, other bullying behaviour focussed on issues of race.
- Sexual: Unwanted physical contact or sexually abusive comments.
- Homophobic: Bullying behaviour focussed on sexuality, lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT).
- Heritage: Bullying behaviour focussed on customs and culture, including Gypsy, Roma, traveller communities.
- Home: Bullying of young carers or looked after children or otherwise related to home circumstances.
- Verbal: Name-calling, insulting others, spreading rumours, teasing, intimidation
- Online/cyber Bullying: via any area of the internet such as email and internet chat room misuse or misuse of social media such as Facebook; threats via text messaging or phone calls; misuse of associated technology i.e. camera or video
- Disability: Bullying behaviour focused Special Educational Needs or Disability (SEND).
- Mental Health Bullying behaviour using terms related to a person’s mental state.
- Religion: Spoken comments, written notes, emails, web postings etc. that highlight an individual’s religion or culture with the purpose of mocking them for cultural or religious difference.
- Sub-Culture: Bullying behaviour focussed on a type of culture that exists outside or on the fringes of mainstream or popular culture, usually under the domain of one or more subcultures.
- Prejudice-based/ discriminatory bullying: Bullying behaviour may be a result of prejudice that relates to perceived or actual differences.
