Rating description:
- Fully met: There is a system in place to ensure that all reported incidents of bullying are taken seriously and acted upon quickly
- Partially met: On the whole reported incidents are taken seriously and acted upon quickly
- Not yet met: Reported incidents are not taken seriously and are not acted upon quickly. There is no system in place for this.
Tips:
- This was really important to young people we've talked with. It constitutes one of our ten key principles to reducing and responding to bullying.
- To support this, young people told us they wanted clarity about who to report to and how to report, clarity over action taken and to make sure that staff didn't judge the situation too quickly.
- Recording bullying incidents accurately and efficiently is an important part of any school safeguarding policy. Here are 5 tips for best practice when recording bullying incidents
- We recommend using our 3-step response to bullying framework to help you develop a consistent, reflective and more effective approach to responding to bullying incidence.
Schools that took part in our programmes said:
Any issues are logged and follow up/actions monitored by Head of Safeguarding. Any logs of bullying incidents are actioned through Therapeutic workshops and then reviewed after 1 month and then 3 months, to ensure there has been no re-occurrence and that the intervention has been successful.
There will always be instances that will need to be addressed, but the better the identification, follow up and support of those victims, the better. The more bullying and bullyish behaviour is highlighted and condemned, the sooner educational establishments and the wider community can work to develop students and allow them to achieve their best in school.
In this video Archbishop Cranmer School, a Gold United Against Bullying School, talk about improving reporting and response to bullying incidences.