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Bullying
Child-on-Child abuse occurs when a young person is exploited, bullied and/or harmed by their peers who are the same or of a similar age. Everyone directly involved with child-on-child abuse is under the age of 18.
Bullying and child-on-child abuse might include:
- Targeted, verbal, physical, psychological, face-to-face harm and/or online bullying
- Sexual violence and sexual harassment, including upskirting
- Consensual and non-consensual sharing of nudes/semi-nudes (sexting)
- Initiation (sometimes referred to as ‘hazing’) type violence and rituals/gang activity
- Abuse within intimate partner relationships (including teenage relationship abuse).
Bullying
The Department of Education defines bullying as:
'Behaviour by an individual or group, repeated over time, that intentionally hurts another individual or group either physically or emotionally'.
Bullying is never acceptable and takes many forms. It can be:
Targeted
- Aimed at specific groups of people and is homophobic, racial, disablist, gender related
Face to Face
- Physical – kicking, hitting, pushing, damaging/stealing property
- Verbal – name-calling, teasing, insulting, intimidation
- Psychological – spreading rumours, isolating, mimicking, manipulative, playing jokes to embarrass or humiliate
Happens in Cyberspace
- Texting unpleasant messages, sending unpleasant photos, and posting unpleasant messages on social networking sites
More information on Cyberbullying can be found on our Online Safety page.
We take any allegation of bullying very seriously; you can find our Anti-Bullying Policy below. If you do have any concerns about bullying, please contact the school to speak to your son/daughter's Pastoral Team or our Safeguarding Team.
Reporting a Concern
If you have a concern about bullying in any form at school, please contact the school immediately or fill out one of the forms below:
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