Bullying

“the intentional hurting of one person by another, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. It is usually repetitive or persistent, although some one-off attacks can have a continuing harmful effect on the victim.”

(Anti-Bullying Alliance)

Types of Bullying

BullyingEmotional

Cyber

Physical Emotional

Sexual

Racist

Statistics• Almost 45,000 children talked to ChildLine about bullying last year.

• 4,500 young people talked to ChildLine about online bullying last year.

• Over 1,400 young people talked to ChildLine about racist bullying last year.

• Over half of lesbian, gay and bisexual young people have experienced homophobic bullying at school.

• More than 16,000 young people are absent from school due to bullying.

What to do?

• Speak out… You have the right to live without being bullied. Speak to a teacher, tutor, HOH or student manager.

• If you're being bullied through texts or phone calls, save messages and call records if you have space in your phone. If not, write down the time of the call/text, what was said/written and the caller/sender's number if you have it. And don't reply to any texts - it's just what the bully wants.

• If you're being bullied online, don't respond to nasty comments. But as before, keep a record of everything you get sent by screenshotting or saving the messages.

• Anti-Bullying Support Group - Lunchtime Room 19 (opposite the HUB)

‘Wilmslow Way’• bullying will not be tolerated – ZERO TOLERANCE

• all reported incidents of bullying will be investigated

• students found guilty of bullying will be dealt with according to the school’s behaviour policy

• parents will be informed of any bullying incidents involving their children

• ‘all members of the school community have a responsibility towards resolving any bullying incidents’

Will you be a bystander??

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