Role of the Board of Management

• To ensure the policy is in keeping with the ethos of the school.
• To approve the policy.
• To ensure policy is reviewed as required and at regular intervals.
• To support the Principal and staff in implementing the policy.
• To support training of staff in the area of anti-bullying.
• To ensure all parents/guardians joining the school receive a copy of the Anti-Bullying Policy.
• To provide the physical infrastructure to make school environment a more child-friendly place
• Role of Parents/Guardians.
• Parents/guardians will be supplied with our Anti-Bullying Policy and will be invited to report any suspicions to the class teacher or principal.
• The genuine concern of teachers for the child should be accepted. Any information regarding the involvement of the child in bullying will be communicated to the parent. Parents/guardians are asked to accept this information in good faith.
• Parents/guardians will be invited to devise and implement, with the class teacher, a plan of action regarding the involvement of their child in bullying. The plan would relate to action that would be taken by both the teacher and the parent.
• Parents/guardians are asked that when in the presence of their child, they will fully support any policy decisions relating to behaviour, discipline and bullying about which they have previously been consulted. If they need to question decisions, this will be done privately with the class teacher.
• Parents/guardians should acknowledge the unique role that both they and the teachers hold.
• Parents/guardians should acknowledge the different relationships which both they and teachers have with the child.
• Parents/guardians are asked to respect the need for confidentiality in all discussions re incidents of bullying.