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Anti-bullying: Respect for All Working Group

Overview

On 15 November 2017, ‘Respect for All: The National Approach to Anti-bullying for Scotland’s Children and Young People’ was published, providing the overarching framework for all adults working with children and young people to address all types of bullying.

We committed to reviewing the guidance every five years. The review was due to take place in 2022 but was delayed due to COVID-19 so began in 2023.

The working group will lead on the review with the updated guidance being published late 2024. The group is chaired by the Scottish Government. 

The group agreed that certain sections of the guidance will require more in depth consideration and updates, taken forward by subgroups. 

Recording and monitoring subgroup

 

This subgroup is focussing on recording and monitoring.

Membership

  • Gemma Crompton (Chair), Scottish Government, Health and Wellbeing Unit
  • Rachel Macpherson, Scottish Government, Health and Wellbeing Unit
  • Hassan Ahmed, Scottish Government, Health and Wellbeing Unit
  • Cheryl Burnett, National Parent Forum of Scotland
  • Colin Finlay, Educational Institute of Scotland
  • Gordon West, Scottish secondary Teachers Association
  • Graham Hutton, School Leaders Scotland
  • Guch Dhillon, Education Scotland 
  • John Urquhart, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
  • Lorraine Glass, Respect Me
  • Matt McDonald, Scottish Youth Parliament 
  • Natalie Beattie, Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland
  • Pauline Lynch, Education Scotland
  • Ruth Miller, Association of Scottish Principal Educational Psychologists
  • Sarah Stevenson, General Teaching Council for Scotland
  • Tamar Jamieson, Police Scotland
  • Tara Lillis, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
  • Adeniyi Alade, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
  • Barry Syme, Glasgow Council
  • Patricia McCurrach, Scottish Educational Management Information Software
  • Teresa Thomson, Scottish Educational Management Information Software

Online bullying subgroup

 

This subgroup is focussing on online bullying.

Membership

  • Rachel Macpherson , Scottish Government, Health and Wellbeing Unit
  • Gemma Crompton, Scottish Government, Health and Wellbeing Unit
  • Hassan Ahmed, Scottish Government, Health and Wellbeing Unit
  • Lorraine Glass, Respect Me
  • Tamar Jamieson, Police Scotland
  • Scott Hunter, Education Scotland
  • Jennifer Stenton, Scottish Government, Child Protection 
  • Tara Lillis, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
  • Adeniyi Alade, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
  • Cheryl Burnett, National Parent Forum of Scotland
  • Pauline Lynch, Education Scotland
  • Emily Beever, Youth Link Scotland

Prejudice based bullying subgroup 

 

This subgroup is focussing on prejudice based bullying.

Membership

  • Gemma Crompton (Chair), Scottish Government – Health and Wellbeing Unit
  • Rachel Macpherson, Scottish Government – Health and Wellbeing Unit
  • Hassan Ahmed, Scottish Government – Health and Wellbeing Unit
  • Rebecca Crowther, Equality Network
  • Michelle McCartney, LGBT Youth Scotland
  • Annie Watson, Enquire
  • Liam Stevenson, Time for Inclusive Education
  • Sami Read, Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations
  • Maryam Imran, Independent anti-racism consultant
  • Elisabeth Davies, University of the West of Scotland 
  • Lorraine Glass, respectme
  • Katie Horsburgh, Zero Tolerance
  • Ephraim Borowski, Scottish Council of Jewish Communities
  • Barbara Coupar, Scottish Catholic Education Service
  • Kathryn Dawson (or Niamh), Rape Crisis Scotland
  • Niamh Kerr, Rape Crisis Scotland
  • Kei Ng, Enable Scotland
  • Carol Young, Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights

Members

  • Scottish Government – Chair 
  • Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
  • National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
  • Education Scotland
  • NASUWT
  • Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA)
  • Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS)
  • National Parent Forum of Scotland (NPFS)
  • respectme
  • School Leaders Scotland (SLS)
  • Scottish Youth Parliament
  • Support and Wellbeing Unit, Scottish Government (secretariat) 
  • Police Scotland
  • Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
  • Glasgow City Council

Publications

Anti-bullying Respect for All Working Group: terms of reference

Policies

Contact

hassan.ahmed@gov.scot 

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