Rating description:
- Fully met: The policy is up to date and has a formal process for review with staff, pupils and parents
- Partially met: We have a policy but it is not up to date and/or doesn’t have a formal process for review with staff, pupils and parents
- Not yet met: We don’t have an anti-bullying policy and/or behaviour policy
Tips:
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ABA have written a guide for schools about a whole-school approach to writing / revising your anti-bullying policy. You can find this at the bottom of this page.
- If you want to find out what the law says about anti-bullying policies you can see this page or complete our free online CPD training module.
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Whatever type of school you are – a carefully considered anti-bullying policy that is put into action on a daily basis is vital for the protection of pupils and staff.
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We would recommend that this is a stand alone anti-bullying policy that you publish on the school website and regularly promote to pupils, staff and other members of the school community.
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Having an anti-bullying policy does not suggest that you have a bullying issue – bullying can happen anywhere, and a good policy ensures pupils and staff are clear on expectations and on how you tackle bullying as a community.
- Bullying UK have some information on their website about anti-bullying policies
Resources and examples:
You can see tools and case studies in the attachments section below.
All Together Schools have said:
This was discussed with children, governors, staff and parents in Bullying Intervention Group meetings; and approved by governors during the academic year.
A letter was sent to all parents, including our governor for PSHE, about anti-bullying week-signposting where our policies were online and asking for their input to review it. They had a meeting with the head teacher after this to change aspects of the policy.
We have updated our anti-bulling policy this year and it has been written with pupils, staff, parents and govenors included in the process. It has been reviewed at numerous points throughout the year to ensure that it includes the correct information and will be reviewed again in September.