Behaviour

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

Friday

4th Jul 2025

DfE misses its deadline for key attendance and behaviour roles
Two ‘ambassadors’ who will oversee the merged attendance and behaviour hubs were due to start today, but the DfE has made no announcement
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5 steps to building better relationships for behaviour
How can teachers build the relationships that will support their behaviour management? Jarlath O’Brien outlines five key principles
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Exclusions: 1 in 3 leaders say they lack alternatives
School leaders are also worried about balancing behaviour management with the need for inclusion, survey shows
Exclusions: 1 in 3 leaders say they lack alternatives
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Wednesday

2nd Jul 2025

Just 19 people show interest in the DfE’s ambassador jobs
The DfE is accused of ‘burying’ adverts for its new attendance and behaviour ambassador jobs, with the successful candidates, who are due to start this week, yet to be announced
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Friday

27th Jun 2025

7 findings from survey on working lives of teachers and school leaders
DfE publishes full report – including findings on behaviour, inspection and flexible working – of its 2024 survey
7 findings from survey on working lives of teachers and school leaders

Wednesday

25th Jun 2025

Internal AP risks being a ‘costly holding pen’
Schools setting up internal alternative provision are navigating ‘uncharted territory’ because they lack guidance on what works, charity warns
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Tuesday

24th Jun 2025

How ‘digital nutrition’ can help keep students safe online
Rather than debating mobile phone bans, schools should be encouraging young people to develop healthy habits in their digital consumption, writes Margaret Mulholland
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Thursday

19th Jun 2025

Behaviour guidance ‘crystal clear’ on exclusions, says Swinney
FM hits back after guidance for schools on behaviour and consequences is dismissed by Tories as ‘handwringing nonsense’ that is vague on use of exclusions
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Tuesday

17th Jun 2025

Exclusion ‘an appropriate and necessary tool’, says behaviour guidance
But Scotland’s biggest teaching union warns that ‘policies alone will not address the serious issue of violence and aggression’ in schools – and that more funding is needed
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Monday

16th Jun 2025

Looked-after children put on ‘drastic part-time timetables’
There has been a big rise in informal exclusions as schools try to ‘circumvent’ policies that make it harder to formally exclude care-experienced pupils, warns report
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Monday

2nd Jun 2025

Ethical dilemmas: driving up suspensions to improve behaviour
A leader discusses the dilemma of knowing you are going to dramatically increase sanctions for the greater good – and the positive outcomes this can have
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Friday

30th May 2025

We’ve helped parents to postpone giving their child a phone
A pastoral lead at an international school explains how a community approach has empowered parents to delay giving their child a mobile phone
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