Beyond Bullying- we achieved Gold! 

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We are incredibly proud to announce that Ashby Hill Top has achieved the Gold Level Standard- the highest accolade in the Beyond Bullying Award! This outstanding accomplishment reflects the dedication, compassion, and hard work of everyone in our school community.
 
During the assessment, the external assessor commended Ashby Hill Top for its comprehensive and deeply embedded approach to promoting respect, celebrating diversity, and tackling bullying across all areas of school life. They highlighted how these values are consistently woven throughout our curriculum, culture, assemblies, and everything we do.
 
This achievement is a true team effort. We extend our thanks to Miss Middleton, who led the project, to our staff, governors, pupils, and the wider school community for their ongoing dedication and support.
 
Together, we continue to make Ashby Hill Top a place where every child can Belong, Thrive and Succeed.

We are really proud to announce that we have achieved the Beyond Bullying Gold Award! 

What is bullying?

Bullying is repeated behaviour by an individual or group that deliberately hurts another individual or group physically or emotionally.

Types of bullying

​​Bullying-type-behaviour, which can lead to bullying if it is repeated, includes:

Emotional (being unfriendly, name calling, making offensive comments, teasing, spreading hurtful rumours, inappropriate sarcasm, excluding, mocking, taunting, tormenting, using threatening gestures);

Physical (pushing, kicking, hitting, punching, spitting or any use of violence; plus taking other physical-bullying-actions such as tacking, hiding or damaging belongings);

Racist (racial taunts, gestures);

Sexual (unwanted physical contact or sexually abusive comments);

Homophobic (focusing on the issue of sexuality);

Other prejudice-based bullying (e.g. religious beliefs, physical appearance, disability, perceived intelligence, perceived economic status);
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Cyber (sending abusive or nasty e-mails; sending computer viruses; sending inappropriate images or videos by e-mail; using instant messaging and chat rooms to send threatening or abusive messages to someone else and asking others to join in; using another person’s account, without their permission, to send abusive messages to others; writing nasty or upsetting comments on someone’s profile on social networking sites; making jokes or comments about people on their own profiles; writing comments underneath other people’s bullying posts; setting up a fake profile dedicated to bullying someone else; abusing or harassing someone through online multi-player gaming sites; sending abusive texts, video or photo messages, or sharing videos of physical attacks on individuals (for example ‘happy slapping’ or ‘blue jacking’); ‘sexting’, which is encouraging someone to share intimate pictures or videos of themselves and then sending these on to other people; posting photos, personal information, fake comments and blogs, or pretending to be someone online without that person’s permission).

Click this link to go to the Beyond Bullying Website