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Anti Bullying: Prevention
and response
Trainers:
Tricia Bowler
Claire Mann
Behaviour Support Team
Ofsted
DfE Guidance for Schools re. Anti- bullying (February
2014)
Maintained schools must set out measures in the
school’s behaviour policy which aim to prevent bullying.
Academy schools are required to ensure that an effective
anti-bullying strategy is drawn up and implemented.
Ofsted
Ofsted guidance to inspectors (September 2014) states that
when judging behaviour and safety, inspectors should consider:
• Types, rates and patterns of bullying and the effectiveness of
the school’s actions to prevent and tackle all forms of bullying
and harassment; this includes cyber-bullying and prejudicebased bullying related to special educational need, sex, race,
religion and belief, disability, sexual orientation or gender
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• The effectiveness of the school’s actions to prevent and tackle
discriminatory and derogatory language – this includes
language that is derogatory about disabled people and
homophobic and racist language
• The school’s response to any extremist or discriminatory
behaviour shown by pupils
Ofsted:
Achieving Outstanding
To achieve outstanding the Ofsted descriptor (not a
checklist) states:
Pupils are fully aware of different forms of bullying, including
cyber-bullying and prejudice-based bullying, and actively try
to prevent it from occurring. Bullying and derogatory or
aggressive language in all their forms are very rare and dealt
with highly effectively
Your School
• What do you have in your school?
• Where can it be found
What is bullying?
Bullying is the repetitive, intentional
hurting of one person or group by
another person or group, where the
relationship involves an imbalance
of power.
Anti-Bullying Alliance
The Different types of
Bullying
Physical – pushing, poking, kicking, hitting, biting, pinching etc.
Verbal - name calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, threats,
teasing, belittling.
Emotional – excluding, tormenting, hiding books, threatening
gestures, ridicule, humiliation, intimidating, and excluding,
manipulation and coercion.
Sexual – unwanted physical contact, inappropriate touching,
abusive comments, homophobic abuse, exposure to inappropriate
films etc.
What are the signs of
bullying?
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Depression
Low self esteem and confidence
Shyness / withdrawal
Poor academic achievement
Isolation
Running away
Illness (headaches / stomach cramps)
Threatened or attempted suicide.
Where does it occur?
• Online / cyber – setting up hate web sites
sending text messages, emails, exposure to
inappropriate chat rooms, abuse via mobile
phones (pictures) jokes etc.
• Discriminatory – based on difference e.g.
disability, race, sexuality, religion, gender.
• Indirect - Can include the exploitation of
individuals.
Homophobic bullying
• Can occur in each of the four types of bullying
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Verbal bullying
Being compared to LGBT celebrities etc
Being ‘outed’
Indirect bullying / social exclusion
Physical bullying
Sexual harassment cyber bullying
Possible effects
LGB people can face negative attitudes and prejudices in their local
communities This might mean:
• Denial of their sexual orientation
• Low self-esteem and / or negative body image
• A dislike towards other open or obvious LGB young people
• Shame, depression, defensiveness, anger or bitterness
• Self-ridicule
• Risk-taking behaviours
• Self-harm and/or suicidal thoughts
Prevention
• What must schools do?
• Schools are required by the Ofsted to have measures in place to
tackle all forms of bullying
• School policies for both staff and pupils
• Daily reinforcement of the use of positive language and the
challenging of inappropriate comments
• Awareness raising opportunities for staff and students
• Accessible and diverse support strategies in place to tackle
homophobic (all) bullying
Evaluation
Questions?
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