A
total of 323 teachers took part in the survey. 43% worked in secondary schools
while 33% worked in primary/infants schools, 6% in middle schools, 5% at sixth
form college, 4% in special schools and 4% in nursery schools. 44% of them had
been a teacher for more than 10 years and 69% were heads of year.
83%
said they hadn't seen bullying at their school which may mean that increased
teacher supervision cuts down bullying. Where teachers took action 56% of them
said the bullying stopped.
73%
reported complaints from parents and pupils and where teachers took the issue
up with the bully's parents 19% found them unpleasant. 38% of teachers taking
the survey said they had been assaulted by a pupil.
Peer
support was the most used anti-bullying method 21% followed by counselling 17%,
circle time 16%, no particular method 13%, restorative justice 8% and no-blame
8%.
43%
of teachers thought their school's anti-bullying method was effective but 68%
said that it didn't cover cyber bullying like abuse on the internet, by text
and camera phone.
Were teachers confident about tackling bullying?
Only
40% of teachers were confident they had all the skills they needed to tackle
bullying while 82% thought that trainee teachers should get more advice on
tackling the problem and 78% thought there should be more in-school training.
85% thought that lunch supervisors and ancillary staff should have more
training.
Only 46% of teachers
said their schools took part in Anti-Bullying Week 2005.
A
worrying 53% said they were not made aware of new anti-bullying advice or
initiatives by the government while 22% were made aware by their headteacher
and 24% through staff training days.
Other pages in this sectionSchool projects
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Bullies have taken my friends away
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Pupils' panel - Have your say!
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Dangerous websites
How to help someone being bullied
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Mobile phone problems
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School bus bullies
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Gay bullying
Weapons can KILL
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Racist bullying
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National Bullying Survey 2006
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Advice for pupils
Cyber bullying overview
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Happy slapping
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Internet abuse
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Bullying outside school
Are you a bully?
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Pupils' problem page
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Adults' survey results
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Pupils' survey results
Parents' survey results
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Tips from pupils
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Moving school
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Internet scams
Body language
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Cyber safety tips
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Teachers' survey results
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Bullying in sport
Taking time off school?