Stop Cyberbullying

Don’t Be A Victim

Support the NASUWT Stop Cyberbullying campaign

Developments in technology have made significant improvements in support for learning and in the working practices of teachers and other members of the school workforce.

The NASUWT is concerned, however, by the growing evidence that the abuse of technology, particularly mobile phones, e-mails and Internet sites, is not only contributing to increasing workload but is also providing a vehicle for the prejudice-related bullying and harassment of staff and for false allegations to be made against them.

Cyberbullying is having a devastating effect on teachers’ health, wellbeing, confidence, self-esteem and in some cases their career progression as a result of employers trawling the sites for information.

The NASUWT is campaigning for:

• a review of regulatory and legislative provisions to prevent allegations being made about named teachers on Internet sites and to secure more accessible avenues of redress for those who are exposed to public ridicule and false allegations;
• more effective school policies which promote zero tolerance of cyberbullying;
• mobile phones to be treated as potentially offensive weapons and pupils’ access to them restricted during school sessions;
• school policies which encourage or require teachers to provide individual mobile phone or e-mail contact details to pupils to be outlawed;
• heightened awareness of the need to be cautious when using social networking sites as the contents are being scanned by employers and hijacked by pupils;
• the inclusion of reference to the use and abuse of technology in the Health and Safety Executive’s health and safety good practice guidance and in all workplace health and safety audits, including risk assessments.

PLEASE REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR CAMPAIGN.

HAVE YOU BEEN A VICTIM OF CYBERBULLYING?

Tell us your story.

All responses will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Promote the campaign in your school. Print off the flyer and posters below:

Cyberbullying flyer - PDF 29KB

Cyberbullying Poster1 - PDF 27KB

Cyberbullying Poster2 - PDF 48KB

DCSF Cyberbullying Guidance

NASUWT advice on prejudice-related bullying