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If you experience or witness bullying or abusive behaviour, you should tell a member of staff
immediately.

Teachers and other staff are aware of the signs of bullying and abusive or extremist behaviour and if
they experience or witness any such behaviour, they will contact the Assistant Director of Studies or
Vice Principal who will, if necessary, involve the Principal.

An appropriate course of action will follow.

Abusive behaviour by staff  may result in disciplinary action

Abusive behaviour by students may result in termination of their course with no
refund.

IMPORTANT:

It is the College’s decision if a student’s behaviour is unacceptable or not.

If a student’s behaviour is unacceptable the following procedure will be followed:

 Verbal warning
 A meeting with a senior staff member and one other staff member. In the meeting the
student and staff will discuss the matter and sign an agreement about future behaviour.
 If unacceptable behaviour occurs again, the school will order the student to leave the
school immediately with no refund.

Please note that the school may order the student to leave the school immediately with no refund of
fees and no written warning if the behaviour is very serious in the school’s opinion and in the best
interests of students at Birmingham College.

In addition, the school reserves the right to involve the police if it believes their assistance is
required to maintain the peace or to investigate a suspected criminal incident.

Procedure

If you feel that you are being bullied, or a peer is being bullied they should tell a member of staff.
They will involve the Vice Principal and Welfare Officer who will then deal with the situation
appropriately.

Stage 1: The College will try to deal with the situation and discuss the issue with the people
involved.
Stage 2: If the issue cannot be resolved, a formal meeting with the Vice-Principal and
Welfare Officer will be held and appropriate action will be taken in accordance with the
College complaints procedure.
Stage 3: If the Welfare Officer and Vice Principal decide the abuse is damaging and ongoing to the

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