Anti-Bullying

Brackley C of E Junior School take all reported incidents of bullying seriously and has a rigorous, robust process which is put into place after every allegation.

We believe that incidents of bullying are rare. The following information will provide you with the definitions of different types of incidents and ' What Constitutes Bullying?'

What constitutes bullying?

	Conflict	Rude	Mean	Bullying
Frequency	Occasional	Occasional	Once or Twice	Repeated
Circumstance	Not Planned; in the heat of the moment	Spontaneous; unintentional	Intentional	Is planned and done on purpose
Impact	All parties are upset	Can cause hurt feelings; upset	Can hurt others deeply	The target of the bullying is upset
Resolution	All parties want to work things out	Based in thoughtlessness, poor manners	Based in anger; impulsive cruelty	The bully is trying to gain control over the target
Outcome	All parties will take responsibility for their own actions	Rude person accepts responsibility of behaviours that caused the other party to be upset	Behaviour often regretted	The bully blames the target
	An effort is made by all parties to solve the problem			The target wants to stop the bully’s behaviour, the bully does not
	Can be resolved through mediation	Social skills building could be of benefit	Needs to be addressed/ should not be ignored	Will not be ignored.
School Actions	Restorative Justice Process followed	Referred for Reflection + child/children assessed for possible group work sessions	Referred to Reflection and Restorative Justice process followed	Evidence reviewed (3 Week diary - All incidents investigated during this period), and analysed. Is it bullying or not? Where appropriate, support provided for both parties. See Anti-Bullying policy for more details

This is in line with the Government definitions found here.

Please note whilst we are always willing to talk about your child and incidents they are involved in, we cannot and will not talk to you about any actions we take with other children.