Our Respect Charter
Students, school staff, parents and governors all have rights and responsibilities in relation to bullying and must work together to create a supportive community in which students can feel safe, learn and develop and staff can have careers, free from harassment and bullying.
|
Bullying behaviours are carried out by one person or by a group, are deliberately hurtful, repeated over time and it is difficult for the victim to defend themselves against them. Bullying can be physical, verbal, indirect (harassment, isolating or blanking someone) cyber-bullying (including threatening messages, personal comments and sexting) and can include prejudice against the protected characteristics of age, race, religion and culture; be homophobic/transphobic, sexist or sexual, or related to Special Educational Needs, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity and disability. |
|
Bullying behaviours are not arguments or falling out amongst peers, unpleasant as these are. |
Every member of the school community must demonstrate respect for the rights and beliefs of all other people, through our attitudes and behaviour and through the language which we use. Everyone has a responsibility to be an upstander, not a bystander, to show kindness and tolerance to others and to report any bullying, or peer on peer abuse, which they are experiencing or have witnessed.
The guidelines below will help you to understand how staff will respond to any concerns raised.
- Students may choose for issues to be dealt with by an Anti-bullying Ambassador rather than by staff members.
- Students who bully others often need help in understanding the impact of their actions and these consequences are designed to send the clear message that bullying is not accepted at TBS whilst also providing perpetrators with support to improve their social skills and develop empathy.
| Incident | Where incidents are perceived to be bullying, we will respond as follows: |
| 1 |
After proper investigation, the Head of Year will ask the victim what they would like to happen. The Head of Year will usually respond to a first low-level incident by logging a first warning and informing the parents/carers of both sides. The needs of all students involved, including the perpetrator, will be considered and details kept. Student support and mediation/restorative justice sessions/anti-bullying ambassador support/extra education around discrimination will be |
| 2 | If the low-level incident is repeated, or there is a more serious first incident of bullying, the perpetrator would usually spend time in isolation and be educated further about the impact of their actions. A behaviour contract will be written. Parents/carers will be made aware. |
| 3 | Further incidents or a single serious incident (e.g. physical assault) will generally result in a suspension from school. Thorough investigation and review of incidents will always take place. If a crime has been committed, the matter may be referred to the Police and permanent exclusion may result. |