Welsh Education Minister has today (Wednesday,
November 6) launched new guidance to help stop bullying in Welsh
schools.
Launched by the Minister on a visit to Radyr Primary School, the
anti-bullying guidance has been created to challenge bullying in
schools.
The guidance, aimed at governing bodies for maintained schools,
local authorities, parents, carers and children and young people,
has been launched ahead of Anti-Bullying Week which starts
Monday, November 11.
Education Minister said: “We are committed to
ensuring that all our learners feel safe, secure and are properly
supported to achieve their full potential.
“We are determined to address bullying holistically and this is
achieved by understanding and dealing with the root causes of
unacceptable behaviour.
“We want our schools to be inclusive and engaging environments
where priority is placed on well-being, so learners feel safe and
are ready to learn.
“It is so important that children and young people are taught,
both at home and in school, about building and maintaining
respectful relationships and this new guidance will help achieve
that.”
The revised guidance outlines the Welsh Government’s expectations
for schools to:
· take a proactive approach to prevent bullying,
· have an anti-bullying policy linking to school policies
including behaviour and safeguarding,
· record and monitor incidents of bullying to help take
pro-active steps to challenge bullying,
· to regularly review their anti-bullying policy and strategy in
collaboration with their learners at least every three years.
The Welsh Government has also produced new resource toolkits to
accompany the new guidance.
The toolkits include factsheets, supplementary guidance, incident
recording template forms and best practice case examples to help
local authorities support schools in challenging bullying.
The new resources are available at hwb.gov.wales.
