POLICE could be brought in to help the fight against bullying at a Rubery school.

Drop-in clinics are being planned for Waseley Hills High School after their success at other schools in the area. Chief Inspector Charlie Hill, of Bromsgrove police, will be attending a meeting next Wednesday to discuss the option of their use.

The clinics would involve police officers visiting the school on a regular basis to talk with pupils in confidence about the problems they have experienced.

School governor and councillor for the area Peter McDonald (Lab-Waseley) said: "I welcome the police initiative to investigate the problem and to try and help. Hopefully the pupils will be able to talk to them about bullying and any other issues they have.

"It is definitely something that is needed in every school as it is better to try and prevent the problem," he added.

The offer of police help comes on the back of a report in the Advertiser/Messenger in June about a concerned parent's attempt to drum up support from fellow parents after her daughter experienced bullying at the school.

She appealed for help in highlighting the problem and claimed the school wasn't doing enough to tackle bullying.

Acting Chief Inspector Dave Shaw, of Bromsgrove police, said: "Drop-in sessions to tackle bullying are something we have been trying to get in place for some months at Waseley Hills High School, but at the moment it is only a proposal.

"Waseley Hills High does not have a worse problem with bullying than other schools, but there are similar drop-in sessions at several high schools in the Bromsgrove district which have been very successful."