Behaviour

An outbreak of continuous laughter can derail a lesson, but does it also bring benefits that teachers may want to utilise, wonders Simon Creasey

More than 30,000 students in one year group had experienced an ‘unexplained’ transfer between secondary schools, research shows

The Lomond School principal on the importance of humility in leaders, getting Scottish education out of limbo and why a school is no place for procrastination or preaching

New DfE research into the use of reasonable force, restraint and restrictive practices in alternative provision and special schools could indicate how future guidance is developed

School leaders trying to uphold good behaviour are facing impossible decisions because the decline in social services has removed the safety net for vulnerable students who are suspended or excluded, finds Dan Worth

Huge hike in vacancies comes amid major government attendance drive and ‘decimation’ of local authority support

Teachers have mixed views on banning phones in schools, but the vast majority surveyed say mobiles disrupt classes

More than one in three pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds were persistently absent last year, DfE data shows

Children are becoming ‘lost’ in ‘huge schools’ and it’s bad for the relationships that are key to improving behaviour and attainment, says education secretary

Downward trend in school attendance data leads education secretary to demand that persistent pupil absence be addressed in every school inspection

Official figures also indicate the number of these specialists is falling, although numbers of some other non-teaching roles are growing

When children returned after lockdown, teachers at Emily Gazzard’s primary school noticed some seemed to have forgotten how to be kind. Their answer was to put kindness at the heart of school policies