Bullying and harassment policy
Tower Hamlets offers support and advice for children, young
people, parents, carers, schools and professionals on how to deal
with bullying. We also offer help for bullies with changing their
behaviour and for staff who have responsibility for policy
development.
What support can you offer my school?
We can help you gather information very
quickly about what your pupils, staff and parents think about
bullying and how you are dealing with it through our free
electronic survey.
We can advise you on developing your school’s
anti-bullying policy and we can run workshops looking at aspects of
bullying for parents, pupils and staff.
My child is being bullied. What should I do?
Speak to your child’s class teacher or Head of
Year. You can also contact the teacher in the school who is
responsible for dealing with bullying.
If you are not happy with the way your
child's school has dealt with a bullying incident involving her or
him and you wish to make a formal complaint, first of all ask to
see the school's complaints procedure. That will normally
advise you to write to the Chair of Governors.
If you want advice or to find out what options are open to you,
contact the Parents Advice Centre or
the anti-bullying officer in the Behaviour Support Team (see
details below).
How to contact us
Behaviour support team
Members of the team are available to help schools develop their
anti-bullying policies and deliver training on dealing with
bullying to groups of staff, parents and pupils.
The Behaviour Support Team
PDC
English Street
London E3 4TA
Tel: 020 7364 6263 during office
hours
Download the Anti-Bullying
Resource Pack (PDF 1.17MB)
Download the Cyber-bullying
Information Leaflet (PDF 194KB).
Further information
Parents Advice Centre
30 Greatorex Street
London E1 5NP
Telephone: 020 7364 6489
Email:pac@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Childline
Tel: 0800 1111
Visit the Childline website
Step Forward
(Information and Support for Young People in
and around Tower Hamlets)
Tel: 020 7739
3082
Visit the Step Forward website
Anti-Bullying Alliance
Visit the Anti-bullying
Alliance website