At Sneyd Academy, we foster a warm and supportive school community where high behavioural expectations are upheld. Our priority is to create a safe and positive learning environment that encourages mutual respect and understanding among pupils, staff, and the wider community. We believe in open communication and collaboration with parents and guardians to ensure the best possible outcomes for all pupils.

Bullying, including aggression and discrimination, is absolutely not tolerated at Sneyd Academy. We take all instances of bullying seriously and address them promptly according to our established anti-bullying policy.

At Sneyd Academy, we have Anti-Bullying Ambassadors from Year 1 through to Year 6. These children have been trained on different types of bullying. They actively listen to concerns, offer support, and guide other pupils towards appropriate resources, such as teachers or other trusted adults. Additionally, we have designated staff and governors who are specifically responsible for overseeing and supporting our anti-bullying initiatives, including Miss Hugill, our Anti-Bullying Lead, Mr. Walley, our Anti-Bullying and Safeguarding Governor, and Mr. Hughes, our Behaviour Governor. By encouraging open communication and creating a safe and supportive environment, our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors, alongside our dedicated staff and governors, play a crucial role in promoting a more inclusive and respectful school for all pupils.

As a school, we are proud to participate in the annual Anti-Bullying Week. During this important week, pupils engage in a variety of activities and attend an assembly. These initiatives raise awareness about bullying, foster a culture of inclusion and acceptance, and emphasize the impact of bullying on individuals and the collective responsibility we all share in preventing it. This commitment to anti-bullying is further strengthened by our comprehensive PSHE curriculum, where pupils learn to value diversity, appreciate differences, and embrace acceptance.

Are you Being Bullied?

Press this if you are being or feel you are being bullied, in or out of school or online.

The Education and Inspections Act 2006 legally mandates that schools implement measures to prevent and address bullying among pupils. In accordance with this legislation, our school has established a comprehensive Behaviour Policy that outlines specific measures to encourage positive behaviour and prevent all forms of bullying. This policy is disseminated to all pupils, staff, and parents.

We maintain a zero-tolerance approach to bullying. Through collaborative efforts among staff, parents, and pupils, we strive to create a safe and inclusive learning environment free from bullying.

Our Anti-bullying Policy is interconnected with several key school policies, including:

  • Child Friendly Anti-Bullying Policy
  • Online Safety Policy
  • Social Networking Policy
  • Relationships, Sex, and Health Education Policy
  • Student Behaviour Policy
  • Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy

Click here to see the Academies Policies

What is Bullying?

Bullying is the deliberate and repeated use of hurtful or unkind behaviour by an individual or a group towards another person or group. This often involves an imbalance of power, where the bully has more control or influence.

Key Characteristics of Bullying:

  • Intentional Harm: Bullying aims to cause pain, distress, anxiety, or fear in the victim.
  • Repeated Behaviour: Bullying is not a single incident, but a pattern of harmful actions.
  • Imbalance of Power: The bully typically holds more power or influence over the victim, making it difficult for the victim to defend themselves.

Important Distinctions

It is not normal childhood interactions: bullying is different from occasional disagreements, losing one’s temper, or isolated incidents of physical contact.

Impact of Bullying

Bullying can have a significant negative impact on a person’s mental and emotional well-being. It can also have social and academic consequences.

  • Physical: This includes things like hitting, kicking, punching, spitting, and tripping.
  • Verbal: This involves using hurtful words, such as name-calling, insults, and making fun of someone’s appearance, race, religion, or disability.
  • Emotional: This can include things like spreading rumours, telling lies, leaving someone out on purpose, and making someone feel scared or ashamed.
  • Online/Cyber: This happens online and can include things like cyberbullying, posting embarrassing photos or videos, sending mean messages, and spreading rumours online.
  • Indirect: This can involve things like tricking someone, setting someone up, or encouraging others to bully someone.
  • Racial, Religious, or Cultural: This includes making fun of someone’s race, religion, or cultural background, using racist or offensive language, or making discriminatory jokes.
  • Bullying Related to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: This involves making fun of someone who has a disability, whether physical or mental.
  • Homophobic: This includes bullying someone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • Social Exclusion: This happens when someone is deliberately left out of activities or groups by their peers.
  • Property Damage and Theft: This includes stealing someone’s belongings, damaging their property, or threatening to do so.

When a pupil expresses concerns about being bullied, the school takes prompt action. The class teacher immediately meets with the pupil to discuss their concerns and documents these interactions on MyConcern, a dedicated platform for tracking and addressing pupil well-being.

If initial investigations do not reveal evidence of bullying, the teacher focuses on addressing the pupil’s concerns and closely monitors the situation. Parents/carers of all involved pupils are informed of the situation. The bullied pupil and the alleged bully are both given the opportunity to meet with the teacher individually to discuss the matter.

Possible interventions may include targeted friendship-building activities, strict adherence to the school’s behaviour policy, and daily monitoring of the classroom environment by the Senior Leadership Team (SLT).

If bullying continues or the initial incident requires immediate attention, further steps are taken. This may involve facilitated discussions with all parties involved (pupils and their parents/carers), updates to the MyConcern records, one-on-one sessions with the pupil to develop positive relationships, and in more serious cases, internal seclusions or referrals to external agencies such as counselling services.

The SLT continues to monitor the situation closely every half term. In persistent cases where bullying continues despite these interventions, the Principal will seek guidance and support from the school’s Governing Body

While schools aren’t directly responsible for bullying outside of school, they recognize it happens and can impact pupils. Bullying can occur on the way to and from school, involving pupils from other schools or even people unrelated to the school.

If a pupil or their family tells us about bullying that happened outside of school, we will:

  • Guide pupils: We’ll talk to pupils about how to avoid or deal with bullying situations when they’re not at school.
  • Contact other schools: If the bullying involves pupils from other schools, we’ll reach out to those schools.
  • Involve the police: If necessary, we will report the bullying to the police.

The Department for Education emphasizes that schools have a responsibility to address harmful behaviour, even if it happens outside of school. Legal advice suggests that schools may be able to take disciplinary action against pupils for actions that occur outside of school hours.

Key Information

The Education and Inspections Act 2006 legally mandates that schools implement measures to prevent and address bullying among pupils. In accordance with this legislation, our school has established a comprehensive Behaviour Policy that outlines specific measures to encourage positive behaviour and prevent all forms of bullying. This policy is disseminated to all pupils, staff, and parents.

We maintain a zero-tolerance approach to bullying. Through collaborative efforts among staff, parents, and pupils, we strive to create a safe and inclusive learning environment free from bullying.

Our Anti-bullying Policy is interconnected with several key school policies, including:

  • Child Friendly Anti-Bullying Policy
  • Online Safety Policy
  • Social Networking Policy
  • Relationships, Sex, and Health Education Policy
  • Student Behaviour Policy
  • Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy

Click here to see the Academies Policies

What is Bullying?

What is Bullying?

Bullying is the deliberate and repeated use of hurtful or unkind behaviour by an individual or a group towards another person or group. This often involves an imbalance of power, where the bully has more control or influence.

Key Characteristics of Bullying:

  • Intentional Harm: Bullying aims to cause pain, distress, anxiety, or fear in the victim.
  • Repeated Behaviour: Bullying is not a single incident, but a pattern of harmful actions.
  • Imbalance of Power: The bully typically holds more power or influence over the victim, making it difficult for the victim to defend themselves.

Important Distinctions

It is not normal childhood interactions: bullying is different from occasional disagreements, losing one’s temper, or isolated incidents of physical contact.

Impact of Bullying

Bullying can have a significant negative impact on a person’s mental and emotional well-being. It can also have social and academic consequences.

Types of Bullying
  • Physical: This includes things like hitting, kicking, punching, spitting, and tripping.
  • Verbal: This involves using hurtful words, such as name-calling, insults, and making fun of someone’s appearance, race, religion, or disability.
  • Emotional: This can include things like spreading rumours, telling lies, leaving someone out on purpose, and making someone feel scared or ashamed.
  • Online/Cyber: This happens online and can include things like cyberbullying, posting embarrassing photos or videos, sending mean messages, and spreading rumours online.
  • Indirect: This can involve things like tricking someone, setting someone up, or encouraging others to bully someone.
  • Racial, Religious, or Cultural: This includes making fun of someone’s race, religion, or cultural background, using racist or offensive language, or making discriminatory jokes.
  • Bullying Related to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: This involves making fun of someone who has a disability, whether physical or mental.
  • Homophobic: This includes bullying someone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • Social Exclusion: This happens when someone is deliberately left out of activities or groups by their peers.
  • Property Damage and Theft: This includes stealing someone’s belongings, damaging their property, or threatening to do so.
Alleged Bullying - Actions To Be Taken

When a pupil expresses concerns about being bullied, the school takes prompt action. The class teacher immediately meets with the pupil to discuss their concerns and documents these interactions on MyConcern, a dedicated platform for tracking and addressing pupil well-being.

If initial investigations do not reveal evidence of bullying, the teacher focuses on addressing the pupil’s concerns and closely monitors the situation. Parents/carers of all involved pupils are informed of the situation. The bullied pupil and the alleged bully are both given the opportunity to meet with the teacher individually to discuss the matter.

Possible interventions may include targeted friendship-building activities, strict adherence to the school’s behaviour policy, and daily monitoring of the classroom environment by the Senior Leadership Team (SLT).

If bullying continues or the initial incident requires immediate attention, further steps are taken. This may involve facilitated discussions with all parties involved (pupils and their parents/carers), updates to the MyConcern records, one-on-one sessions with the pupil to develop positive relationships, and in more serious cases, internal seclusions or referrals to external agencies such as counselling services.

The SLT continues to monitor the situation closely every half term. In persistent cases where bullying continues despite these interventions, the Principal will seek guidance and support from the school’s Governing Body

Bullying Outside of School

While schools aren’t directly responsible for bullying outside of school, they recognize it happens and can impact pupils. Bullying can occur on the way to and from school, involving pupils from other schools or even people unrelated to the school.

If a pupil or their family tells us about bullying that happened outside of school, we will:

  • Guide pupils: We’ll talk to pupils about how to avoid or deal with bullying situations when they’re not at school.
  • Contact other schools: If the bullying involves pupils from other schools, we’ll reach out to those schools.
  • Involve the police: If necessary, we will report the bullying to the police.

The Department for Education emphasizes that schools have a responsibility to address harmful behaviour, even if it happens outside of school. Legal advice suggests that schools may be able to take disciplinary action against pupils for actions that occur outside of school hours.

The school is a happy and positive community.

| Ofsted 2019

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