Bedford Academy encourages students to show respect in their relationships with all members of the Academy’s community.

The Academy takes a zero-tolerance approach to bullying – this includes all forms of bullying relating to race, religion and culture, homophobic bullying, bullying related to special educational needs and disabilities, sexist and sexual bullying, and the use of cyber technology to bully.

We encourage students to:

• Say NO to BULLYING
• Know and understand what bullying means and the consequences of bullying-type behaviour
• Be active not passive – speak out and report incidents
• Listen to, support and help bullied students
• Take personal responsibility
• Take collective responsibility
• Develop loyalty to the Academy and students within it.

We are affiliated members of the Anti-bullying Alliance. We have a member of staff who leads a team of trained students who are anti-bullying ambassadors. This further promotes the opportunities for students to approach someone regarding any conflict issues and be active in maintaining a respectful and safe environment at Bedford Academy.

Our simple sanction model with bullying:

Step One

The conflict is logged and communication to all parties is carried out, ensuring any relevant warning is delivered to instruct students to remain respectful.

Step Two

Should a student continue to show disrespect in any form of bullying they are isolated and their details are added to our current log which we share with Bedford Borough.

Step Three

Any student who continues with inappropriate behaviours will risk suspension from Bedford Academy.

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