Introduction At School, every pupil and member of staff should feel safe from any abusive, threatening or unpleasant behaviour. Members of staff should be able to expect professional courtesy and respect from colleagues and be able to operate on the clear understanding that pupils will behave towards them with courtesy, co-operativeness and obedience to legitimate rules and instructions. Pupils must be expected to treat staff and other pupils with respect and be able to expect the highest standards in teachers' behaviour and attitudes towards them. Members of staff should always set high standards for how pupils behave towards each other.
Bullying is defined as 'words or actions intended to threaten, frighten, abuse or hurt'.
They may have been bullied themselves in the past. They continue to bully if they get away with it. 3.3 Victims may be those who are different in some way, or they may simply be in the wrong place at the wrong time. On their own, any of the above may be caused by another reason, trivial or serious, and not indicate bullying, but repetition or a combination of even a few of these signs might be a reason to suspect it, and should be investigated. Opportunities should be taken in the delivery of pastoral care and of PSE, and as appropriate in Assemblies, to explain School policy on bullying.