At Healdswood Infant & Nursery School we aim to provide a supportive, caring, and friendly environment which allows all our pupils to learn in an atmosphere which is focussed on improving their life chances and helping them to maximise their potential. We expect our pupils to act safely, and feel safe, in and outside of school – we do not tolerate any form of bullying and we are committed to preventing and tackling it. We recognise that as children learn and grow together, they may experience fallouts with their peers, but we are committed to supporting our pupils to resolve these ‘relational conflicts’ and stop them from progressing to bullying behaviours. If an incident of bullying does occur, we believe our pupils, parents/carers and staff should feel confident in reporting it and know that all incidents will be dealt with promptly and effectively.

Bullying will never be tolerated at our school.

Anti-Bullying Resources for Parents and Carers

Interactive Anti-Bullying Information Tool for Parents

Healdswood Anti-Bullying Policy

 

Are you concerned your child is being bullied?

What is bullying?

Bullying is intentional behaviour that hurts someone else. It includes name-calling, hitting, pushing, spreading rumours and threatening or undermining someone.

It can happen anywhere – at school, at home or online. It's usually repeated over a long period of time and can hurt a child both physically and emotionally.

At Healdswood, we refer to it as being Several Times On Purpose (STOP)

What is cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place online. Unlike bullying offline, online bullying can follow the child wherever they go, via social networks, gaming and mobile phone. A person can be bullied online and offline at the same time.

At Healdswood Infant & Nursery School, we are committed to providing a caring, friendly, and safe environment for all of our pupils so that learning takes place in a relaxed and secure atmosphere. Bullying of any kind is unacceptable at our school. If bullying does occur, all pupils or parents/carers should be able to tell us immediately and know that incidents will be dealt with promptly and effectively. We teach our children that telling a trusted adult is ALWAYS the best way to deal with bullying and that we will always listen.    

 

 

The NSPCC also has some useful information on Bullying and how you can help your child if they think they are being bullied:

NSPCC