Behaviour

The latest news, analysis and best-practice advice on managing pupil behaviour, including everything from new policy to cutting-edge research

Monday

12th Aug 2024

Bill Rogers: Where we are going wrong on behaviour
Rather than trying to be liked and accepted, teachers need to call every student to account, and craft their language to lead for better behaviour, says Bill Rogers
Bill Rogers

Friday

9th Aug 2024

Unauthorised absence rising but attendance has improved
Unauthorised absence has risen by 80 per cent in secondary schools since the pandemic, new EPI analysis shows
Unauthorised absence rising but attendance has improved

Tuesday

30th Jul 2024

How do you solve a problem like school attendance?
In this edition of our Big Debate webinar, three school leaders discuss growing concerns about attendance and how teachers can address issues such as ‘internal truancy’
Child hiding in cupboard

Friday

26th Jul 2024

Wellbeing: Can compassion be taught in schools?
Research has found that compassion reduces anxiety and stress and can improve emotional regulation – so how can staff and students learn to put it into practice?
Wellbeing: Can compassion be taught in schools?
Schools warned as one in six vapes found to contain spice
A study testing vapes confiscated from schools in England found 16.6 per cent contained spice
Vape dynamite

Thursday

25th Jul 2024

Absence still high despite drive to boost attendance
Pupil absence has remained stubbornly high this year in spite of the previous government’s efforts to bring attendance back to pre-pandemic levels
Pupil fading away

Wednesday

24th Jul 2024

Is your school really trauma informed?
Trauma-informed approaches to classroom management are increasingly popular, but critics warn the approaches aren’t always being applied with fidelity. Clare Cook investigates
Is your school really trauma-informed?

Thursday

18th Jul 2024

Morgan sounds ‘wake-up call’ as suspensions hit record high
DfE minister says new data showing that pupil suspensions have risen by more than a third in a year is ‘shocking’
Person walking down dark corridor

Wednesday

17th Jul 2024

AP facing staff funding cliff edge, Phillipson warned
Alternative provision leaders call for more funding and action on unregulated provision in open letter to education secretary
phillipson
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Tuesday

9th Jul 2024

Why we need to stop saying ‘all behaviour is communication’
The familiar phrase may be well-intentioned but can be deeply unhelpful when it comes to being applied in the classroom, writes Jarlath O’Brien
Ripping up paper

Monday

8th Jul 2024

Punitive measures to cut absence ‘no longer work’
Schools should instead adopt a ‘collaborative approach’, providing support to families of pupils with poor attendance, study finds
Attendance

Wednesday

3rd Jul 2024

New call for complete ban of mobile phones in Scottish schools
Smartphones in classrooms cause ‘severe loss in focus’ among pupils and fuel ‘hostility’ towards teachers, suggests petition to Scottish Parliament
New call for complete ban of mobile phones in Scottish schools