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School leaders are absolutely central to getting behaviour right: they make most important judgement calls and set the tone of the whole school, writes the government’s behaviour tsar

With an artificially deflated rate on internal exclusion, the figures look good to an inspector, but the actual classroom culture suffers, and so does the pupil who needs support, writes the government’s behaviour tsar

The stakes could hardly be higher. Too many new teachers step out onto the tightrope of behaviour management without even a pole for balance, writes the government’s behaviour tsar

The outrage over the appointment of a new detention manager at the controversial free school totally misses the point, writes the government’s behaviour tsar

Good behaviour only happens if we make it happen, argues the government’s behaviour tsar

‘Teachers should be skeptical of claims that computer games will help their students learn – but saying so landed me with dozens of abusive messages from those who disagree’