One of the most frequent issues in any school is the matter of bullying. No matter where the school is in the country there will always be issues around this most sensitive of areas. As Headteacher I like to think that the children in my care are not bullies and if they come across bullying behaviour they know how to deal with it. I rather hope that most of the children will discourage bullying whenever they see it too.
As a realist I know that there are both bullies and victims in my school. During this week we are going to focus upon the issue an ensure that our "anti-bullying" policy is being applied as thoroughly and effectively possible. Sadly my day has started with two complaints of bullying - one of older girls picking on younger ones and another of physical assaults against a former classmate. The first issue is relatively simple to deal with and will have been resolved before the end of the morning. The second case is not so simple and has been going on for far too long. The boys concerned are often to be found playing happily together but sadly one has violent tendencies and attacks the other without thought if things don't go as he would like. My staff are vigilant in supervising what happens but as the violence erupts so suddenly we are helpless to prevent it. I will spend quite some time on this issue today.
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