Our anti-bullying team:
Anyone from our school community who is aware of an instance of bullying should report it, in the first instance, to either a class teacher or a member of the anti-bullying team (see below).
| Year Group | Anti-Bullying Team member |
|---|---|
|
Upper KS2 |
Kim Turney (anti-bullying lead) |
|
Lower KS2 |
Sam Mallon (anti-bullying lead) |
|
KS1 |
Jack Wilson |
|
Early Years |
Stacey Bushell |
|
SEN Unit |
Pauline Cheng |
|
Additional pupil contacts |
Karen Finn |
What is bullying?
The repetitive intentional hurting of one person or a group, by another person or group where the relationship involves an imbalance of power.
Bullying can be physical, verbal, or psychological and can happen face to face or online.
Previous ideas about bullying are that it is often one on one, however it should be recognised that bullying is often a group activity with many roles. Ideally, we want our children to become defenders.
Why is it important to respond to bullying?
Bullying hurts and no-one deserves to be a victim of bullying and everybody has the right to be treated with respect. Bullying can have both short and long term effects on people (see our policy for full details) so it is really important that we have a whole school approach to bullying which is pro-active.