Waldegrave School for Girls

Anti Bullying Policy

Member of staff with policy oversight: Mrs A Ruse
Date written / last reviewed: 2010
Date reviewed in governors committee: 2010
Date adopted by governing body: 2010
Date of next review:

We are committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for all students and staff.
Bullying of any form is unacceptable and all incidents will be dealt with promptly and effectively.
The aim of the policy is to promote an environment where students and staff feel safe and secure.
Bullying in all its forms is contrary to the ethos of the school and will not be tolerated.

Bullying can be prevented if everyone agrees to follow and respect the SCHOOL RULE:-
Everyone should take part in maintaining a caring community in which there is mutual
respect and understanding of others’ cultures, beliefs and individuality through courteous
and considerate behaviour at all times.

Responsibility

It is the responsibility of the headteacher and the governing body to ensure that the policy is
implemented and reviewed.

Objectives of this Policy

All governors, staff, students, parents and carers should have an understanding of what
bullying is.

All staff should know what the policy is on bullying, and follow it when bullying is reported.

All students and parents/carers should know what the policy is on bullying, and what they
should do if bullying arises.

At Waldegrave School we take bullying seriously. Students, staff and parents/carers should
be assured that they will be supported when bullying is reported.

Bullying will not be tolerated.

Bullying is any form of behaviour by an individual or group which makes another person (or
group) feel hurt, uncomfortable, inferior or isolated.

Bullying can be:

Emotional - being unfriendly, excluding, tormenting.

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Physical - pushing, kicking, hitting, punching or any use of violence.

Racist - racial taunts, graffiti, gestures.

Sexual - unwanted physical contact or sexually abusive comments.

Homophobic - because of, or focusing on the issue of sexuality.

Verbal - name-calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, teasing.

Cyber - slander, abuse or insulting images using emails, websites, texts

BULLYING OF STUDENTS

Every effort will be made to raise the awareness of the staff and students regarding bullying
through, for example, training and assemblies as well as the curriculum.

Procedures:

• All bullying incidents should be reported to a member of staff.

• Member of staff to inform appropriate Head of Year.
• Head of Year to take action accordingly. In serious cases, the matter will be referred to
the person in charge of anti-bullying in school.
• More severe cases will be referred to the Headteacher.

Action for Head of Year:

Talk to all parties concerned.

Take written statements from all, including witnesses.

Take action accordingly e.g. verbal warnings, refer to Peer Mediators (via Head of Year or
LT responsible for peer mediators) or issue HOY detention with letter home.

Incident will be recorded in students’ files by Student Services.

Action for Person in charge of anti-bullying:

Talk to all parties concerned.

Take written statements from all, including witnesses.

Take action e.g. LT detention, internal exclusion, invite parents in.

Letter sent home with behaviour contract.

Incident will be recorded in students’ files.

Action for Headteacher

External exclusion.

Invite parents in.

The staff are committed to making Waldegrave School a safe place for all and we have signed up
to the Department of Children Schools and Families Anti-Bullying Charter.
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 BULLYING OF STAFF

At Waldegrave School all staff should treat each other with mutual respect and in a way that
makes all colleagues feel valued and part of the Waldegrave community.

Where a member of staff feels that they have been treated in an unreasonable way or in a way
that makes them feel undervalued or bullied they should speak in confidence to their Line
Manager, a member of the Leadership Team or the Headteacher. The member of staff should also
consult their union representative.

Action for members of staff if they feel they are being bullied:

DO

Let someone know (Line Manager, a member of the Leadership Team or the Headteacher)

Do not delay and allow the problem to continue.

DO NOT

Do nothing.

Be afraid of raising concerns.

Approach or accuse individuals directly.

Where further action needs to be taken this should be done in accordance with the grievance
policy or the whistle blowing policy.

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Bullying – A Charter for Action

Name of School: Waldegrave School

Name of Local Authority: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

We are working with staff, students and parents to create a school

community where bullying is not tolerated.

Our school community

Discusses, monitors and reviews our anti-bullying policy on a regular basis.

Good practice suggests the policy should be reviewed on average every two
years.

Supports staff to promote positive relationships and identify and tackle

bullying appropriately.

Ensures that students are aware that all bullying concerns will be dealt with
sensitively and effectively; that students feel safe to learn; and that students
abide by the anti-bullying policy.

Reports back quickly to parents/carers regarding their concerns on bullying

and deals promptly with complaints. Parents/carers in turn work with the
school to uphold the anti-bullying policy.

Seeks to learn from anti-bullying good practice elsewhere and utilises the
support of LA and relevant organisations when appropriate.

_____________________________ Chair of Governors

_____________________________ Headteacher

_____________________________ Representative of students

_____________________________ Date
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 Incident reporting pro-forma – Staff
Please complete as much as possible and return to Student Services.

Nature of Incident – please tick relevant box.

Confrontational Racism
Rudeness Truancy
Disruptive behaviour Dishonest Behaviour
Bullying Internet misuse
Cyber-bullying Other

Name of staff looking into the incident _____________________________________

Name of staff or student reporting the incident: ___________________________

Date of incident: ________________________________________________

When and where did it take place? __________________________________________

If bullying incident, name(s) of student(s) being bullied ________________________________

Name(s) of alleged bully or bullies __________________________________________

Name of others involved or present : ____________________________________________

Summary of incident:

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________
Tick any sanctions or actions taken:

Verbal warning Referral to Peer Mediators

Telephone call home Restorative Justice with HOY/other
Letter home Bullying contract home
HOY detention Internal exclusion
LT detention Other ____________________________

State any additional support that has been offered to the student(s)

_________________________________________________________________________

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 STUDENT STATEMENT

NAME OF STUDENT:_________________________ TUTOR GROUP: ______________

DATE: ________________

Please tick nature of incident - Bullying E-Bullying Racism Other

Where did the incident take place?

When did it happen?

Is this the first time such an incident has happened? Yes No

Who was involved?

Did anyone else see the incident? Yes No

If so, who?

What was their part?

Please relate in full detail what happened.

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What was your part in this incident? What did you do / say?

What should happen to repair any harm that may have been caused by this incident?

Who has been affected and how?

What do you need to move forward?

What needs to happen now?

Would you like the opportunity to meet with the other people involved to try to put
things right and stop the same thing happening again? Yes No

Signature of student : ___________________________ Date: ______________

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 Waldegrave School Student Contract

Student’s name: ________________________________ Tutor Group: ________

Date of contract: ________________________

Reason for contract:

The Contract:

I promise to do the following:

1.

2.

3.

Signed: ________________________________________________

This is a serious document and one copy will be sent to parents and another copy
placed in student’s school file.

If any part of this contract is broken, possible sanctions will be:

1. LT detention and letter home.

2. Internal exclusion and letter/telephone call home.
3. External exclusion – parents invited for re-admittance meeting

Mrs A Ruse, Assistant Headteacher

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