Cinealtas explained for schools
Cinealtas sets out a whole-education approach to preventing and addressing bullying. This page translates that policy context into practical planning questions for schools.
What Cinealtas is
Cinealtas is Ireland's action plan on bullying. It frames prevention and response as a whole-education responsibility, connecting school culture, curriculum, policy and support.
School-level implications
For school leaders, the practical question is how policy becomes behaviour: what pupils learn, how staff respond, how parents are kept informed and how patterns are reviewed.
Using Anti-Bullying Week
Anti-Bullying Week can act as a visible implementation point for the wider Cinealtas principles when schools use it to reinforce language, reporting routes and pupil voice.