We place pupil voice at the heart of school policy and practice, enabling leaders and teachers to strengthen pupils’ sense of belonging and critical thinking, and to create a stimulating environment for sustainable learning.
Through respect for children’s rights and opinions, we aim to provide our children with the best possible chance to grow up empowered, inspired and ready to actively make a difference in the world.
United Against Bullying Programme
At Gorsey Bank, we are United Against Bullying and take any form of bullying very seriously.
We deal with the issues of bullying in many different ways including as part of our PSHE, Computing and E-Safety curriculums, our assemblies and through the Anti-bullying and internet safety days that occur during the year.
Our Parliament Group, The Ministry of Justice, are training to become Anti-Bullying Ambassadors for the school. Ambassadors are trained by the Princess Diana Award in how to:
- identify bullying behaviour
- identify when a peer may be experiencing bullying behaviour
- learn the importance of being an Upstander
- learn how to intervene safely
- recognise how to support a peer who may be experiencing bullying behaviour
The definition of bullying at Gorsey Bank Primary School is taken from the Anti-Bullying Alliance:
“The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. Bullying can be physical, verbal or psychological. It can happen face to face or through cyberspace.”
Each year Gorsey Bank Primary School participates in the Anti-Bullying Alliance’s Anti-Bullying Week. The themes for Anti-Bullying Week in recent years have been:
- Power for Good: 2025
- Choose Respect: 2024
- Make a Noise about Bullying: 2023
In school, we use these weeks to highlight some of the issues that can arise at school and reinforce how we can tackle bullying as soon as it it happens and most importantly, how we can all be upstanders to prevent bullying from happening. We discuss all different types of bullying and celebrate what makes each person special.
If your child is being bullied, visit the Anti-Bullying Alliance’s Advice for parents and carers page. This includes information and tools to help you stay calm and take the right action.
Useful Videos
- Anti-Bullying Alliance definition of bullying
- How can I help my child use technology?
- My child is being bullied online. What do I do?
- Can we make the internet a better place?
- THINK before you post anything online
- 6 things to do if you are being bullied
- 3 top tips if you think someone is being bullied
- 8 top tips if your child is bullying others