At Foundry Lane Primary School we aim to ensure that pupils learn within an inclusive and safe community where kindness, trust and mutual respect underpin everything we do and pupils can engage in reciprocal, caring relationships with everyone. 

The key to managing behaviour successfully is through developing caring and trusting relationships. All children, staff and parents should know our expectations for behaviour and attitudes to learning. The school reward systems and restorative procedures for handling challenging behaviour, including bullying, are shared with and understood by all members of the school community. 

Behaviour is a form of communication. We therefore take responsibility for listening to the needs a child is expressing through their behaviour, whilst setting clear boundaries and expectations. We use this to build resilience by managing their behaviour in a positive manner so that they can be ready to engage with learning 

Our Expectations - We expect everyone in our school community to:

1. Keep everyone safe in school

• -follow instructions
• -walk quietly on the left
• -look where you are going
• -be tidy, put things away

2. Be kind and respectful to ourselves and others

• -listen when someone else is speaking
• -speak and behave politely
• -use the right voice at the right time
• -look after our environment

3. Make responsible choices independently

• -be honest and tell the truth
• -solve problems peacefully
• -always try to make things right

4. Treat everyone in our community fairly

• -recognise and celebrate people’s differences

     5. Work together

        -support and encourage each other to do our best

What is Bullying?

We recognise that many children and young people will experience conflict in their relationships with other children and young people. As a school we are committed to developing empathy and the skills to manage relationships in a peaceful way that does not harm others.

At Foundry Lane Primary School our definition of bullying is:

The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. It can happen face to face or online.

Anti-bullying

Through our Personal Development and PSHEe curriculum we aim to give children the skills and understanding that they need in order to create healthy and positive relationships with friends and the school community and to have respect for themselves and others.

We teach children to recognise and to challenge all forms of bullying whenever they occur.

Bullying behaviour is unacceptable at Foundry Lane. Behaviour of this kind will be dealt with in line with our Relational and Behaviour Policy

What is unacceptable behaviour?

As part of our Relational and Behaviour Policy we categorise bullying as unacceptable behaviour. Unacceptable behaviours differ from extreme or distressed behaviours in that the actions are controlled and considered rather than being non-governed behaviours that occur due to lack of emotional control. At Foundry Lane, we consider the following to be unacceptable:  

• -Bullying
• -Prejudicial harassment
• -Act of deliberate vandalism
• -Theft
• -Deliberate physical assault against a pupil or adult
• -Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against a member of the school community
• -Persistent and ongoing extreme behaviours which would seriously harm the education or welfare of the pupil or others such as staff or pupils in the school.
•  -Inappropriate sexual behaviour
•  -Substance Misuse

In all instances where behaviour could be categorised as unacceptable, including bullying, staff will -

• -Treat the incident seriously and listen carefully to all parties
• -Make careful records of the incident on Arbor
• -Discuss the incident with an Assistant Head, Deputy or the Headteacher who will investigate further if necessary
• -Offer support to anyone who has been harmed both physically and emotionally during the incident
• -Inform parents (unless it’s not in the best safeguarding interests of the child)
• -Use restorative practices in order to reduce the chances of the unacceptable behaviour re-occurring
• -Consider if a pupil’s SEND is a contributory factor
• -Consider appropriate actions or consequences if an incident is considered to be serious, repeated, have prejudicial motivation or meet the definition of bullying
• -Consider whether the behaviour is serious enough to require the use of suspension or, as a last resort, exclusion