{"id":23951,"date":"2019-11-11T19:50:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T19:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=23951"},"modified":"2019-11-11T19:50:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T19:50:04","slug":"welsh-government-launches-new-anti-bullying-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-launches-new-anti-bullying-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Government launches new anti-bullying guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Welsh Government has published new guidance aimed at tackling bullying in Welsh schools. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The\nnew statutory guidance includes a requirement for schools to record all\nbullying and monitor the effectiveness of anti-bullying strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Local authorities will also be required to assess the effectiveness of their anti-bullying strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Kirsty Williams, Cabinet Minister for Education, said: \u201cWe are committed to ensuring all our learners feel safe, secure and are properly supported to achieve their full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\nwant our schools to be inclusive and engaging environments where priority is\nplaced on well-being so that learners feel safe and ready to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\nis so important that children and young people are taught at home and at school\nabout building respectful relationships and this new guidance will help us achieve\nthat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>One in 10 secondary school pupils in Wales are bullied every week according to figures released from the Schools Health Research Network.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linda-James-525x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23954\" width=\"579\" height=\"434\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linda-James-525x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23954\" width=\"579\" height=\"434\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Linda James is the founder and CEO of Cardiff based charity Bullies Out who facilitate workshops for school children and adults across Wales and the UK. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>CEO of the Bullies Out charity, Linda James, welcomed the advice from the government but said it is vital authorities&#8217; policies are held to account. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great that this legislation includes parents as well because although students are in school for six hours a day, it&#8217;s not just the school&#8217;s responsibility to deal with bullying.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As well as all authorities and workplaces having a policy, it also has to be compulsory that they work to that document and review it on a regular basis. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These documents also have to identify the three different areas that we experience: conflict, bullying and assault.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Authorities have to understand that when you have twelve children attacking a child and videoing it, that isn&#8217;t bullying, that is assault.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Anti Bullying Week runs until Friday November 15 with schools across the United Kingdom taking part.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Anti-Bullying-Week-1-700x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23983\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/Anti-Bullying-Week-1-700x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23983\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh Government has published new guidance aimed at tackling bullying in Welsh schools. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":23979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6,18],"tags":[546,547,548,549,104],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-23951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-slider-story","tag-bullies-out","tag-bullying","tag-kirsty-williams","tag-sally-holand","tag-welsh-government"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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