Anti-Bullying

Autistic pupils may not have sufficient understanding or awareness that certain behaviours directed towards others may be undesirable or that they might be though of  as bullying. Similarly, autistic children and young people who are the recipients of such behaviours may be unable to express or communicate them. This means that all staff at our school have a duty to not only be aware of such behaviours and of any pupil involved, but also to respond appropriately to instances of bullying behaviours.

Springfields bullying definition.

“Bullying is a pattern of behaviour, rather than an isolated incident and the bully is aware of the impact of their behaviour”

Anti Bullying/HEARD 

At Springfields pupil voice is the golden thread woven through the daily pupil experience that provides opportunities for pupils to share their views, feelings and learning. We enable our pupils to communicate in the style that best suits their needs so that their input shapes our school community and informs each pupil’s journey towards a ‘safe, independent life’.

We encourage our pupils to communicate any worries through our ‘HEARD’ framework which ensures Pupil Communication is listened to, accepted and has impact. 

In each class we have our HEARD boxes where pupils can fill out a HEARD form.

This is looked at daily by the class teacher and support is given to the pupil. If the worry continues it will then be referred depending on level of concern through our tiers of intervention.