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When the bullying first started I told my family. My father worked long hours and couldn’t really take time off work to do anything about it. He did go to my primary school to see my headmaster once, but I can’t remember anything really changing and the bullying continued.
When I was in the second year of secondary school, I was so afraid of going to school that my mother went to see my headmaster. He told me to tell him who the culprits were and I chose the four people who I thought had bullied me the most. To be honest, I could easily have chosen most of my class because nearly all of them were responsible for bullying me, but I think the headmaster would have thought I was mad or making things up.
I must add that my teachers were not approachable at all. A couple of them were really nasty, maybe because of all my absences. I felt really alone, as if the torture would never end, wishing my parents could have done more to deal with the bullying.
This all happened in the 1960s and 70s. Maybe some things have changed and schools deal with these things differently today. Many schools have anti-bullying policies and do their best to tackle school bullying. However, I know from listening to current news stories that bullying still goes on in schools and in workplaces all over the country.
Next blog in this series: ‘What Did Your Parents Do?’
(This blog series is a real-life account of one of our contributors. It provides an insight to know what it feels like to be bullied at school as well as the long lasting effects through life.)
Bullying Resources
Bullying in the Workplace
This pack provides guidance for companies on tackling workplace bullying, supporting the targets of bullying and ensuring the wellbeing of staff.
- Category: Business
- Published: 2020
- Last revised: 2022
- Pages: 50
Bullying — A Complete Approach
Contains hints and tips for teachers, parents and young people to enable them to identify and tackle bullying.
- Age range: 12 years and upwards
- Category: Schools
- Published: 1999
- Last revised: 2022
- Pages: 94
Bullying Lesson Plans
Bullying and Cyberbullying
This lesson plan covers how to deal with bullying and cyberbullying and contains handouts for the classroom.
- Age range: 12 years and upwards
- Category: Schools
- Published: 2019
- Last revised: 2021
- Pages: 15
Bullying
This covers bullying, the types of bullying, the bully, the target and how to tackle bullying.
- Age range: 12 years and upwards
- Category: Schools
- Published: 2019
- Last revised: 2021
- Pages: 13
Playground Bullying
A lesson plan on playground bullying, the issues caused and addressing the topic.
- Age range: 12 years and upwards
- Category: Schools
- Published: 2022
- Pages: 17
Free Bullying Resources
Anti-Bullying Policy For Workplaces
A free template to help you develop your own anti-bullying policy for your workplace.
- Category: Business
- Pages: 8
Free Download
Anti-Bullying Policy For Schools
A free template to help you develop your own anti-bullying policy for your school.
- Category: Schools
- Pages: 8
Free Download
Targets of Bullying
This free download covers what a bully is and the targets of bullying. See our resource pack 'Bullying — A Complete Approach' for a more comprehensive discussion on bullying, including worksheets, activities and lessons.
- Category: Schools
- Pages: 6
Free Download