Definition of bullying according to the Anti-Bullying Alliance

The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. Bullying can be physical, verbal or psychological. It can happen face-to-face or online.

Child-on-child abuse can take various forms, including, but not limited to:

Bullying, including cyberbullying, prejudice-based and discriminatory bullying.
Abuse in intimate personal relationships between peers.
Financial Abuse (Including fraud).
Physical abuse such as hitting, kicking, shaking, biting, hair pulling, or otherwise causing physical harm (this may include an online element which facilitates, threatens and/or encourages physical abuse).
Sexual violence, such as rape, assault by penetration and sexual assault (this may include an online element which facilitates, threatens and/or encourages sexual violence).
Sexual harassment, (physical, verbal and online) such as sexual comments, remarks, jokes and online sexual harassment, which may be standalone or part of a broader pattern of abuse.
Causing someone to engage in sexual activity without consent, such as forcing someone to strip, touch themselves sexually, or to engage in sexual activity with a third party.
Consensual and non-consensual sharing of ‘nudes’ and ‘semi-nudes’ images and or videos (also known as sexting or youth produced/involved sexual imagery).
Upskirting, which typically involves taking a picture under a person’s clothing without their permission, with the intention of viewing their genitals or buttocks to obtain sexual gratification, or cause the victim humiliation, distress, or alarm (also a crime).
Initiation/hazing type violence and rituals (this could include activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group and may also include an online element).

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These numbers show the total number of recorded bullying incidents over the academic year. These figures are extracted from our safeguarding database; cpoms.

Links for further help and support

MCA – A whole academy approach

In SKL lessons students are taught about respectful relationships, child on child abuse, discrimination and prejudice. RE / SKL
We take part in national Anti-Bullying week in November. anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
We promote our MCA TRAITS in every lesson and morning meeting and teach students how to conduct themselves in social situations.
We have dedicated student voice committees, such as our Agents for Change driving an anti-bullying culture at the academy.
Students are frequently told what to do if they witness or experience such abuse, the effect that it can have on those who experience it and the possible reasons for it, including vulnerability of those who inflict such abuse. They are regularly informed about our approach to such issues.

What to do if you think you are being bullied

Report it. Every student should have a trusted adult that they can turn to for support. This may be their tutor. Sometimes an issue may have been developing over a few days or weeks but the issue has not yet been disclosed to staff. Report it straight away so that staff can assist with the issue.

What the academy does when a students discloses a bullying issue:

Staff will listen to the student and get information about the incident or incidents and record it onto the academy safeguarding database (cpoms).

Staff will speak to other students and staff to get further information about the issue and speak to parents and carers about it.

Staff will take the necessary steps to support the victim and the perpetrator. This will include education, the use of sanctions or getting external agencies such as the police and social services may be involved.

Staff will check in with the victim for the next 6 weeks to check to see if any further incidences have been flagged.

Policies This policy outlines fully outlines the procedures that the academy follows.