Anti-bullying

Meet our Anti-Bullying Ambassador Team

This team is made of students who have ideas on how to reduce bullying within school and how to educate our school community. They have the confidence to stand up to bullying and raise concerns made from their peers. If you want to join the team contact Mrs Barton. If you have any concerns around bullying please use this email antibullying@herschel.slough.sch.uk.

Being an Anti-Bullying Ambassador is a great opportunity to help make a positive impact on pupil wellbeing.

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antibullyinglogowinner During antibullying week there was a house competition for pupils to design an anti-bullying logo. Here is the winning design by Prajin in year 9.

Herschel Grammar School is a friendly and positive environment. Our behaviour policy is underpinned by respect. This needs to be maintained by everyone within the school community. If bullying does occur, all students should feel able to report it with confidence that incidents will be dealt with promptly and effectively.

What Is Bullying?

Bullying is a persistent, deliberate attempt to hurt or humiliate someone. Bullying results in pain and distress to the victim.

Bullying can be:

Emotional being unfriendly, excluding, tormenting (e.g. hiding books, threatening
gestures), blackmail
Physical pushing, kicking, hitting, punching or any use of violence or any kind of inappropriate physical contact
Racist racial taunts, graffiti, gestures
Sexual unwanted physical contact or sexually abusive comments, sending sexual imagery
Homophobic / biphobic / transphobic because of, or focusing on the issue of sexuality
Verbal name-calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, teasing
Cyber sending of inappropriate messages by phone, text, Instant
Messenger, through websites and social media sites and apps, and sending offensive or degrading images by mobile phone or via the internet.
Bullying is not a one-off falling out between friends

What support does the school offer?

Lead with Kindness campaign for years 7, 8 and 9.
Daily contact with form tutors
Access to Peer Mentors
Role of Head of Learning
Role of The Safeguarding Team (they all wear GREEN LANYARDS – Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mrs Rodriguez)
Effective behaviour policy
Students made aware of how to report concerns (new section on the school website)
Staff duties during break and lunch times
Role of student leadership, including mental health champions and peer mentors
Use of assemblies to promote awareness
The Whisper tool on the school website
School Nurse drop-in sessions twice every half term on Thursdays
Effectiveness and pro-activity of Education Mental Health Practitioners

To Students...

If you feel you - or someone else you know - are being bullied then please tell us so that we can do something about it.

HELP ORGANISATIONS:

Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) 0808 800 5793

Children's Legal Centre 0845 345 4345

KIDSCAPE Parents Helpline (Mon-Fri, 10-4) 0845 1205 204

Parentline Plus 0808 800 2222

Youth Access 020 8772 9900

Bullying Online www.bullying.co.uk

Visit the Kidscape website www.kidscape.org.uk for further support, links and advice.

Reporting to School

Click on the Whisper tool below to make a report about any aspect of online safety, safeguarding or bullying involving yourself or someone else that will go straight to the inbox of a senior member of Herschel staff.

You can choose whether or not you remain anonymous when you make the report, although you must bear in mind that if you remain anonymous it may be more difficult for the school to act on the information.

Please note Whisper reports are not continuously monitored.
If your situation is urgent and you feel at immediate risk, please contact the police or call childline on 0800 11 11.