Report Bullying

Bullying is defined as the repetitive, intentional harming of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power.

Bullying is, therefore:

  • Deliberately hurtful
  • Repeated, often over a period of time
  • Difficult to defend against

At The John Warner School bullying is considered a ‘dangerous’ rather than ‘difficult’ behaviour (see Behaviour for Learning Policy).

Bullying is often motivated by prejudice against particular groups, for example of grounds of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or because a child is adopted or has caring responsibilities. It might be motivated by actual or perceived differences.

Bullying can include:

Type of bullying

Definition

Emotional

Being unfriendly, excluding, tormenting, pressurising

Physical

Hitting, kicking, pushing, taking another’s belongings, deliberate damage to other’s property,  any use of violence including threats of violence

Racial

Racial taunts, racially abusive/offensive language, graffiti, gestures

Sexual

Explicit sexual remarks, display of sexual material, sexual gestures, unwanted physical attention, comments about sexual reputation or performance, or inappropriate touching

Direct or indirect verbal

Name-calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, teasing

Cyber-bullying

Bullying that takes place online, such as through social networking sites, messaging apps or gaming sites

Bullying Audit