Policy through to practice – Getting it right provides anti-bullying policy guidance for schools and children and young people’s services. It is a practical guide, which takes organisations through the steps needed to develop/review their anti-bullying policies to ensure they are in step with the principles of Respect for All.

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Improvement questions

• How effective is our current anti-bullying policy?
• Are the strategies contained within it current and relevant to our setting?
• Is our policy in step with the language, definition and principles of Respect for All?

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This booklet from Respect Me, Scotland's anti-bullying service, is designed to be used by policy review groups to ensure that they are taking all of the necessary steps to ensure that their anti-bullying policy is consultative, inclusive, and in step with the language and definitions used in Respect for All. It contains useful tools such as a checklist, self-evaluation tool, and sample questionnaires to help the group establish where their current policy is, and what needs to be done to ensure it is current and relevant for their setting.

The booklet sets the policy context, in terms of where an individual school/service/club policy sits, and introduces a model for improvement.

• Stage 1 looks at reviewing current policy and practices, with a self-assessment tool in the appendices to assist this stage
• Stage 2 looks at writing the policy, paying particular attention to the agreed national definition in Respect for All and the consultation process that should be undertaken to inform the policy
• Stage 3 looks at the implementation and review of the policy, with the recommendation that it is reviewed every three years

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PDF file: Policy through to practice – Getting it right - Anti-bullying policy guidance for schools and children and young people’s services