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Finger tapping, repeated eye contact and gazing around the room may sound trivial, but this kind of disruption can ruin lessons

Draw the rules up from day one. Pupils may resent your strictness initially, but they are learning, despite appearances

Good teaching isn’t just about imparting knowledge, it’s about behaviour management. But how do you establish and maintain it?

From chatting to desk-doodling, low-level disruption can scupper your lesson. Tom Bennett passes on taming tactics