Anti-Bullying, Positive Behaviour & Attendance
Bullying
Bullying is defined as the repetitive, intentional harming of 1 person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power.
Bullying is, therefore:
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Deliberately hurtful
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Repeated, often over a period of time
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Difficult to defend against
TYPE OF BULLYING & DEFINITION
Emotional
Definition: Being unfriendly, excluding, tormenting
Physical
Definition: Hitting, kicking, pushing, taking another’s belongings, any use of violence
Prejudice-based and
discriminatory, including:
Definition: Taunts, gestures, graffiti or physical abuse focused on a particular
characteristic (e.g. gender, race, sexuality)
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Racial
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Faith-based
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Gendered (sexist)
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Homophobic/biphobic
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Transphobic
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Disability-based
Sexual
Definition: Explicit sexual remarks, display of sexual material, sexual gestures, unwanted physical attention, comments about sexual reputation or performance,sharing of nude or semi-nude images and/or videos (including pseudo-images, which are computer-generated images that otherwise appear to be a photograph or video), or inappropriate touching
Direct or indirect verbal
Definition: Name-calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, teasing
Cyber-bullying
Definition: Bullying that takes place online, such as through social networking sites, messaging apps, gaming sites, devices or via images, audio, video, or written content generated by artificial intelligence (AI)
Preventing Bullying
The school will take a proactive approach to preventing bullying through:
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Promoting a positive school culture based on respect, kindness and inclusion.
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Teaching pupils about bullying, prejudice, discrimination, online safety and healthy relationships through the curriculum, assemblies and pastoral programmes.
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Providing opportunities for pupils to develop empathy, resilience and conflict-resolution skills.
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Raising awareness through anti-bullying campaigns, themed events and pupil leadership initiatives.
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Ensuring staff maintain appropriate supervision of pupils and identify potential concerns at an early stage.
Reporting Bullying
Pupils, parents/carers and staff are encouraged to report any concerns regarding bullying promptly. Reports may be made:
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Directly to a class teacher, tutor, pastoral lead, safeguarding lead or any trusted member of staff.
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Through established school reporting systems, including online reporting mechanisms on the student intranet and school website.
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By parents/carers contacting the school through normal communication channels.
All reports will be taken seriously and dealt with sensitively and confidentially, as far as possible.
Bullying Outside School and Online
The school recognises that bullying may occur outside school premises, including online. The school may investigate and take action where such behaviour:
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Could have repercussions for the orderly running of the school.
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Poses a threat to another pupil or member of the school community.
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Adversely affects the education, welfare or wellbeing of a pupil at the school.
Incidents of cyber-bullying will be addressed in accordance with our SHSS Positive Behaviour policy.
When a pupil’s behaviour meets or goes above and beyond the expected behaviour standard, staff will recognise it with positive recognition and reward. This provides an opportunity for all staff to reinforce the school’s culture and ethos.
Positive reinforcements and rewards will be applied clearly and fairly to reinforce the routines, expectations and norms of the school’s behaviour culture (appendix 1).
Rewards
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Meaningful praise
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Phone call home to parent / guardian
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Good news postcards
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Shout-outs in the parent update
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House points (maximum of 3 points at once)
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In Design and Technology students at KeyStage 3 only can be awarded a maximum of 10 house points depending on the outcome of their modules.
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Golden Ticket (monetary prize)
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Key Stage 3 - for every 15 house points
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Key Stage 4/5 for every 5 house points
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Spin the Wheel (monetary prize)
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Every 10 house points gives one space on the wheel
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Tuck shop voucher for achieving zero behaviour points in a half term
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Certificate of achievement within each subject for a half term
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Certificate at the end of year awards ceremony for
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Effort
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Attainment
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Progress
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Positive
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Core Virtues
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Kindness - helping others without being asked (5 house points)
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Integrity - being honest and principled (5 house points)
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Courage - standing up for what is right (5 house points)
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Perseverance - continuing to try when it is challenging or there are set backs (5 house points)
Good Behaviour
Attendance
Within our Attendance policy we aim to show our commitment to meet our obligations with regards to school attendance for ages 3 to 16, through our whole-school culture and ethos that values good attendance, we will:
● Set high expectations for the attendance and punctuality of all pupils
● Promote good attendance and the benefits of good attendance
● Reduce absence, including persistent and severe absence
● Ensure every pupil has access to the full-time education to which they are entitled
● Act early to address patterns of absence
● Build strong relationships with families to make sure pupils have the support in place to attend school
We will also promote and support punctuality to attend lessons.
Contacts
St Helena Secondary School
St Helena KS1 School
St Helena KS2 School
Inclusion
+ (290) 24290
+ (290) 24737
+ (290) 22540
+ (290) 24543