Behaviour

Education secretary vows to deliver plan in response to warnings about ‘dangerous and disruptive behaviour’ in Scottish schools

Planning your all-school gatherings helps ensure content is covered, workload is shared and outside speaker opportunities are spotted, says Nathan Burns

Put software systems to work for you on crunching data and spotting patterns, recommends Amy Forrester

Two new reports seem to offer proof that banning phones is best for school outcomes – but things are not as straightforward as they seem and not all school leaders are convinced

School system minister Baroness Barran sets out how attendance can be improved among pupils missing between 5 and 15 per cent of lessons

Primary school leaders say the pandemic is still impacting Year 6 pupils as they prepare for assessment this term and the transition to secondary school

Teaching union demands ‘immediate action’ to address an ‘upsurge in violence’ in Scottish schools so that staff can work in safety

Speaking exclusively to Tes as the DfE launches a toolkit to help schools spot pupil absence trends, schools minister says the sector is still facing an ‘attendance problem’

New research on the impact of absence on students’ post-school destinations offers insights into improving attendance in the wake of the pandemic

With new government research revealing emerging behaviour trends in schools, a safeguarding lead picks out the key points

Anecdotally, behaviour in the world’s schools is going downhill – but does the data support this assertion and, if so, why is it happening? Holly Korbey investigates

Praise makes children feel positive about school and motivates them, finds report – but pupils say they get less of it as they grow older