Best Practice

Tackling bullying: Knowledge is power

Information – both about national trends and about what is happening in your own school – is a powerful weapon in the fight against bullying. Dorothy Lepkowska explains.

Good standards of pupil behaviour and discipline are paramount in every school. A strong ethos of high expectations and hard work, coupled with good conduct and appropriate, consistent behaviour management policies are vital if children are to succeed, and be kept safe and secure.

But how many heads and teachers really know what pupils and their parents feel about issues such as bullying – or the extent to which the problem may exist in their school?

Teachers may be vigilant, but they cannot be around to witness every push or shove, or every incident of name-calling or teasing. At the same time, pupils and parents cannot always be relied upon to report incidents of bullying.

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