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Anti-Bullying & Internet Safety
Anti-bullying
The Pingle Academy takes bullying very seriously and is proud of its anti-bullying work.
This is driven by the Anti-bullying committee, a group involving students, teachers, support staff, governors and members of the community. The group develops strategies and monitors their progress.
Learning about how to prevent bullying occurs via PSHE lessons in all year groups, form time, assemblies, theatre groups and anti-bullying week.
Students can help to stop bullying by reporting it to any member of school staff or using the "report abuse" button on their iPads.
We have been awarded a Derbyshire County Council’s Award of excellence for our anti-bullying work, whilst parent/carer and student surveys show that we have made significant improvements to how we deal with bullying.
If parents or carers have a concern about bullying, we encourage them to report this to us. In the first instance, you should contact the Key Stage Co-Ordinator for your child using the email addresses below:
Year 7 and 8 Pastoral Leader - Miss Gooding: cgooding.tpa@affinitylp.co.uk
Year 9, 10 and 11 Pastoral Leader - Mrs Willars: lwillars.tpa@affinitylp.co.uk
Students are also able to report bullying to us in several ways including via the bullying reporting button on their iPad.
Internet Safety
A Government service called Parent Info is designed to give parents and carers the information they need to help them navigate the wide ranging issues children face on everything from spotting the warning
signs of self-harm, age appropriate videos to internet trolls.
CEOP (Child Exploitation & Online Protection) Safety CentreThink You Know - How to support your child at homeParent Info - Help & Advice: For families in the digital world
Below are some guides to help keep your child safe on the internet.
Facebook - Privacy ControlsGoogle - Safe SearchHow To Keep Kids Safe OnlineInstagram - Parents' GuideiPad Parental ControlsOovoo - Guide for Parents'Parents' Guide to CyberbullyingYouTube - Safety Mode