“Tackling Bullying in Renfrewshire” is the authority’s policy on preventing and dealing with bullying in our school. The policy stresses the importance of involving the whole school community – pupils, parents and all the staff in the school.

You can view the anti-bullying policy by asking the school office for a copy of the document or by accessing the policy online at www.renfrewshire.gov.uk.

Respectme, Scotland’s national anti-bullying organisation provided a very favourable assessment of the policy Tackling Bullying in Renfrewshire, stating;

‘Overall this is an excellent example of a thorough policy and strategy to combat bullying in Renfrewshire Schools and the guidance is head and shoulders above other local authority guidance that has been reviewed to date.’

Bullying is an unacceptable form of behaviour through which an individual or groups of individuals feel threatened, abused or undermined by another individual over a period of time. In Williamsburgh we believe that bullying of any sort is unacceptable. We work hard to promote and endorse this through our programme of personal and social development which aims to raise pupils’ self esteem, to encourage them to value themselves and to have consideration for others.