Anti-Bullying Alliance

Anti-bullying 

Preventing and tackling bullying is an important focus in our school, especially given recent DfE guidance highlighting that 1/3 of all abuse suffered by children falls into the ‘peer on peer abuse’ category.

One of our key areas of work has been ensuring all staff and pupils understand what bullying is.

The nationally approved definition of bullying is comprised of 4 elements:

1. repeated over time
2. intentional
3. hurtful (physically or emotionally) and
4. involves an imbalance of power. 

We have ensured that our reporting procedures are rigorous and discussed the importance of avoiding using language that labels children i.e. victim or bully.  We are all aiming for a school where bullying doesn't happen, but must also remember that bullying is a behaviour that can be changed.