Bullying is defined behaviour by an individual or a group, repeated over time that intentionally hurts another individual or group either physically or emotionally. Bullying can take many forms (for instance, cyber-bullying via text messages or the internet), and is often motivated by prejudice against particular groups, for example on grounds of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or because a child is adopted or has caring responsibilities. It might be motivated by actual differences between children, or perceived differences.
Types of bullying might be:
• physical (hitting, kicking, theft)
• verbal (name calling, racist remarks)
• emotional (spreading rumours, excluding someone from social groups)
• cyber bullying (any form of bullying using a mobile phone or the internet, chat rooms, social networking sites, instant messaging or email)
• Prejudice Related Language Racist, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic and disabilist language includes terms of abuse used towards people because of their race/ethnicity/nationality; because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transsexual, or are perceived to be, or have a parent/carer or sibling who is, because they have a learning or physical disability.
Below you will find our Preventing Bullying Policy with more information.
Preventing-Bullying-2024-25.pdf