Schools need to consider how bullying is identified, reported, monitored and recorded. Pupils need to feel safe in school and confident that any bullying issues are dealt with quickly and appropriately. Some things schools will need to consider are:
You can access the Anti Bullying Charter by clicking here
The following link will take you to the anti-bullying alliance website for further information.
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
In October 2009, Kirklees Children and YoungPeople Service developed an anti-bullying strategy for the children and youngpeople of Kirklees. This strategy sets out the commitment to working togetherto prevent bullying, to reduce the number of bullying incidents and to reducethe effects of bullying when it does occur.
Click here to access the Kirklees Anti Bullying strategy
Guidance for Schools on sexist, sexual and transphobic bullying
To date, guidance on the following areas have been produced: Cyberbullying, Homophobicbullying, racist bullying, bullying involving children with special educationalneeds and disabilities These are allavailable at Please click onthe following links to download the guidance:
The Department for children,schools and families iscommitted to reducing the number of children who experience bullying year onyear. As a result, the Department has embarked
on various anti-bullying programmes. Part of this work is providing a suite of guidance - Safe to Learn- to schools on how to prevent and tackle bullying.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tacklingbullying/.
In December 2009, the DCSF launched its new guidance on sexist, sexual and transphobic bullying.
Guidance for Schools on sexist, sexual and transphobic bullying (Main Guidance)
Guidance for Schools on sexist, sexual and transphobic bullying (Quick Guide) This guidance provides advice and support for teachers on how to deal with gender related bullying -an important issue that we are also tackling through the Violence against Women and Girls strategy.