Rating description:
- Fully met: All school staff, pupils and parents/carers know how to report bullying and are encouraged to report bullying behaviour on a regular basis via a variety of means.
- Partially met: School staff, pupils and parents/carers know how to report bullying but are not encouraged to report bullying behaviour. Or, school staff, pupils and parents are encouraged to report bullying behaviour but they don’t know how to.
- Not yet met: School staff, pupils and parents/carers don’t know how to report bullying and are not encouraged to report bullying behaviour.
Tips:
- Survey staff, pupils and parents/carers to find out if they know the current range of methods to report bullying (remember to avoid a 'one-size-fits all' approach).
- Ask them if there are better ways that they can report bullying and if the methods seem effective. For example, is action taken quickly enough? Is it clear who to speak to? Is it discrete enough?
- Use various times during the school year to promote the different ways the community can report bullying for example: during Anti-Bullying Week, via posters and newsletters, in staff/pupil inductions, at parents evenings/events, etc.
Resources and examples:
You can see tools and case studies in the attachments section below.
Schools who took part in our programmes said:
Annually during anti-bullying week pupils and parents are reminded how to report bullying, by speaking to any member of staff, and encouraged to talk through any concerns. The school Anti-bullying policy has been updated and shared with staff. Procedures for reporting incidents through CPOMs are clear and all staff have had training to use this system. Staff photographs and names are included in the child friendly policy. These include teachers, TAs, senior leaders and mid-day supervisors.
All stakeholders are aware of how to report bullying and children are encouraged to look out for their peers and report any signs of bullying to a member of staff. Early Years start this process by discussing bullying with Reception age pupils.
We filmed how to report bullying, who to report it to, how to spot the anti-bullying ambassadors, how to report it if they don’t want to talk to anyone, what happens after. […] We have learnt from this process that we need to keep reminding pupils of the ways to report bullying and that simply telling them is not enough. By finding another way to relay this information we are hopeful that the messages will be even clearer.
The most important part of this process was that we included our students, staff and parents in the planning and consultation of our new programme. With out them it would not of had the same impact as it would not have been bought into as much.