Suicide Incident and Alleged Culture of Bullying
Newcastle Grammar School received newspaper coverage in October 2012 after a 15-year-old former student committed suicide. His family alleged that there was a culture of bullying at the school and a lack of pastoral support, and they said this had led to the boy's death. The school Headmaster Alan Green said that the school works extremely hard at resolving bullying and relationship issues, but may not always find out about such issues, especially when they involve incidents that happen outside of the school itself.
In February 2013, the bullying issue again became prominent following additional allegations of a culture of tolerating bullying that were raised by current and former teachers and students. The school headmaster acknowledged that there was bullying at the school and that concerns about bullying had been raised in a recent survey, but said there was bullying at every school and denied that the school had a culture of tolerating bullying.
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