What is bullying?
A bully is someone who hurts another person repeatedly, by using behaviour which is meant to scare, hurt or upset that person.
At our school, we use the word ‘STOP’ to identify bullying:
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It is important to remember that single problems and falling out with friends are not bullying.
Bullying is behaviour which is repeated on purpose and is meant to upset someone.
Types of bullying
Bullying can be different things, and is not just hitting or kicking another person.
- Emotional bullying is hurting someone’s feelings, leaving them out or bossing them about.
- Physical bullying is punching, kicking, spitting, hitting or pushing someone.
- Verbal bullying is teasing someone, calling them names or using hand signs. People can also use verbal bullying to be racist or homophobic.
- Racist means bullying someone because of their skin colour, race or what they believe in.
- Homophobic means bullying someone because of their gender or sexuality; calling someone gay or lesbian would be homophobic.
- Sexist means bullying someone because of their sex (whether they are a boy or a girl).
- Cyber bullying involves sending horrid messages over the internet or by text message.
Bullying can be done through another person, by one person asking another person to say nasty things.
How to Report Bullying
The list below shows the adults at our school who you can speak to:
| Year | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Learning Manager | Mrs Poskitt | Mr Hudson | Mrs Roby | Mrs Leicester | Mrs Knight |
| Pastoral Support Assistant | Mrs Quane | Ms Banks | Miss Jones | Mrs Snead | Mrs Batchelor |
| Senior Leadership Team | Mrs Downing | Mrs Evans | Mrs Witter | Mr Diamond | Mr Hughes |
| Your Form Tutor, the Headteacher Mrs Henshaw, or in fact, ANY member of staff. | |||||
You can also report bullying via our school website.