Behaviour

Qatar is known for hosting big sporting events – including the Fifa World Cup – and its tax-free wages. But what is it like for teachers working there as tensions rise in the region?

Is your internal alternative provision failing to have the desired impact? A headteacher shares insights on how her school tackled this issue, with clear outcomes

Policing students’ use of phones is a ‘big strain’ on staff, whether the school has a strict policy on devices or not, new research shows

Tes analysis shows most schools graded as ‘needs attention’ were only criticised over attendance and not behaviour

ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio laments that the government seems to have learned little from the past as it continues to issue ‘policy via press release’

Giving pupils a sense of belonging is key to improving attendance – and we can do this through designing a welcoming school culture, says this trust leader

‘Bad’ behaviour is damaging teacher wellbeing and disrupting learning, despite successive governments trying to tackle it. Could findings from behavioural psychology and child development hold the answer? David Robson takes a look

Amid claims that government guidance is watering down school leaders’ powers, head Sophia Haughton says the opposite is actually the case

Debates about phone bans often ignore the longer-term benefits that come from teaching pupils to survive without constant distraction

The DfE’s behaviour hubs programme saw schools shifting towards restorative rather than zero-tolerance behaviour management policies, says final evaluation report

The schools White Paper will introduce measures that keep more suspended pupils in school under supervision, instead of sending them home, says DfE

Remaining lead hub schools are also confirmed by the DfE, bringing the total to 93, as one of the national attendance and behaviour ambassadors speaks exclusively to Tes