Anti-bullying & E-Safety
At Ashfield bullying is not tolerate in any shape or form and we seek to educate students on the impact of bullying, and support those who experience or witness bullying.
Ashfield promotes the ‘upstander’ initiative and encourages pupils to take a stand against bullying and always report any incidents they witness.
Targeted support is available for those who seek to report anonymously, and measures are taking to protect those who experience bullying.
In this section you will find a variety of websites dedicated to ensuring all stakeholders have the necessary information and support on issues that are integral to student safety.
Please use the ‘report and incident or concern’ tab if you wish to disclose an incident anonymously.
Report an Incident or Concern
www.nationalbullyinghelpline.co.uk
www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk - Advice for parents
www.kidscape.org.uk - Advice for parents and carers
www.nspcc.org.uk - Bullying and cyberbullying
kidshealth.org
www.saferinternet.org.uk - Cyberbullying advice for parents and carers
www.relate.org.uk - I'm getting bullied at school
bullyingnoway.gov.au - I'm being bullied
www.childline.org.uk - I'm being bullied
www.stompoutbullying.org - Are you being bullied?
ICT is an everyday part of people’s lives and schools are making increasing use of new technology.
At Ashfield School we have systems in place to protect your children, but we also urge all parents/carers to enable security settings on home devices to help protect your children online.
We recognise that we encourage students to go online for work out of school where there is less supervision and they have more freedom.
Key rules for safer internet usage:
Whilst on social media, children should ideally only add and chat to people they know and trust in real life.
Some predatory paedophiles can convincingly pose as another teenager and may spend months or years ‘grooming’ the victim until they meet face to face.
Don’t ban children from these sites; they will just use them at friend’s houses or on their phone, personal media player or hand-held games console.
Take an interest and suggest they add you as a friend so you can keep an eye on them when they first join.
Have the main computer in a communal area of the home where there is passive supervision and be reasonable about time online. Talk if you feel it’s getting out of hand, but remember how many hours you spent watching TV when you were their age – the internet is at least active not passive, and they can learn a lot from it.
If they have a wireless laptop and you want to stop them going online after a quota of hours is up, unplug the ‘router’ where the phone line comes into the house.
www.nspcc.org.uk - Keeping children safe online
www.ceop.police.uk - Safety centre
www.childnet.com
www.internetmatters.org
Advice for Parents on Cyberbullying
Sexting letter to parents
Social media guidelines
Staying Safe Online Leaflet