Emotional & Mental Wellbeing
Anti Bullying
The Frome College Anti-Bullying Policy is an integral part of the Child Protection and Safeguarding processes at Frome College. It outlines clear guidance in relation to how the college will respond to incidents of bullying as well as offering advice to students and parents. All staff understand that bullying and its many forms is a classification of peer on peer abuse.
Bullying is a form of anti-social behaviour that has no place in this school or any community. Bullying can be defined as deliberately hurtful behaviour, repeated over time, where it is difficult for those being bullied to defend themselves. It can take many forms, including:
- physical – hitting, kicking
- verbal – name calling, insulting, making offensive remarks
- misuse of new technologies – sending messages on mobile phones or via social media
- indirect – spreading nasty stories about someone, exclusions from social groups, being made the subject of malicious rumours.
Bullying:
- ... goes on for a while and happens regularly
- ... is deliberate, the bully wants to hurt, humiliate or harm the person being bullied
- … different incidents towards the same person
Bullying is not:
- … a one off incident or argument
- … a friend sometimes being nasty
