The Academy has adopted, in collaboration with the student council, the acronym, S.T.O.P: Several Times On Purpose To help all members of the community remember our definition for bullying.

Bullying can be: 

• Emotional being unfriendly, excluding, tormenting (e.g. hiding books, threatening gestures)
• Physical pushing, kicking, hitting, punching or any use of violence
• Racist racial taunts, graffiti, gestures
• Sexual unwanted physical contact or sexually abusive comments or focussing on sexuality
• Verbal name-calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, teasing 
• Cyber All areas of internet usage, such as email & internet chat room misuse Mobile threats by text messaging & calls Misuse of associated technology, i.e. camera & video facilities

• You can click on our ‘Raise a concern’ link at the top of our website.
• You can speak to any teacher in the Academy.
• You can report the incident to your Form Tutor/Pastoral Manager/Head of Year.
• Let your parents know, so they can inform the Academy.

You should find a member of staff in the school to help you.

The main school office is always staffed. So make sure you go there if you cannot find any members of staff.

Duty staff are positioned around the Academy before, during and after school.

You have regular daily contact with your Form Tutor during registration time.

You can email your Form Tutor or Head of Year.

Your Pastoral Managers do not teach, so they may be more available than teaching members of staff.

• Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from difficulties.
• To develop your resilience it is believed you need key ingredients in your life. These have been listed on the previous slide in the five coloured areas.
• The more of these key ingredients you have in your life, the quicker you should be able to recover from any difficulties you face in your life.

• Anti-Bullying Week 2021 - 15/11/2021 - 19/11/2021 
• Children's Mental Health Week - 04/02/2022 - 11/02/2022 
• Mental Health Awareness Week - 13/05/2022 - 20/05/2022
• Year 7 all begin their ICT subject by completing the first module on “Keeping Safe Online”. 
• PSHE designated lessons:
  1. Self Concept - understanding who you are
  2. Healthy lifestyles
  3. Managing risks and safety
  4. Positive relationships
  5. Forming & Maintaining respectful relationships
  6. Bullying, abuse and discrimination
  7. Social influences 

All of the above topics are delivered in an age appropriate way firstly at Key Stage 3 and then re taught in an age appropriate way at Key Stage 4.