Policy Statement

Every child has a right to pass safely through childhood and to an education free from fear and intimidation.

Objectives

• The Maynooth Educate Together National School (METNS) will endeavour to keep the anti-bullying policy alive through an active process of consultation whereby all the constituted groups within the school community will be consulted prior to any proposed change in the school policy. The teaching staff will have the responsibility for the preparation of any amendments to the policy on bullying.
• The Board of Management through the Principal of the METNS will have the responsibility for the implementation of this policy.
• This policy will be given to all parents/guardians in the school as a matter for public record. It will be displayed on the school website and will be available through the school office.
• Given the different perspectives on bullying which may exist within the school community, as far as practicable, the METNS will maintain an “open door” approach to the reporting of bullying. Any comments on the anti-bulling policy from any representative group within the school community will be considered by the Board of Management. The METNS will endeavour to create a supportive ethos which will break down the culture of secrecy and create a telling school.
• The METNS will endeavour to provide a multi-level approach to counter bullying.
• The METNS undertakes to inform all who use the school of its anti-bullying policy.