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When it comes to putting a behaviour plan together, it’s crucial to know what’s been happening and where you want to get to, writes Jarlath O’Brien

Denying pupils’ agency with super-strict rules around uniform isn’t healthy, says Jarlath O’Brien

Reducing behaviour to points may allow us to quantify incidents, but such a system is unhelpful for both teachers and students, writes Jarlath O’Brien

Methods of behaviour management that involve publicly displaying students’ names are counterproductive, argues Jarlath O’Brien

Payback should never be the motivation for a behaviour sanction, so make sure your decisions are based on what’s best for the pupil rather than on raw emotion

We’ve had the same conversations on behaviour for years, says Jarlath O’Brien – but a new approach is breaking through