Behaviour

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

Thursday

23rd Nov 2023

How we’re helping our young carers in school
To mark Carers Rights Day today, one leader explains what her school is doing to identify young carers and give them additional support
Holding hands old and young

Wednesday

22nd Nov 2023

Jeremy Miles: ‘We will use every lever to support schools’
Challenging behaviour, worsening attendance and lower levels of literacy and numeracy must not be allowed to become ‘the new normal’, says Wales’ education minister
Jeremy Miles welsh classroom

Tuesday

21st Nov 2023

How to balance SEND and behaviour management
While pupils with SEND need tailored support, this should not mean schools abandon consistency in behaviour management, says Luke Ramsden
SEND behaviour balance

Monday

20th Nov 2023

3 steps to tackle emotionally based school avoidance
The winner of the Nasen Alternative Provision of the Year Award 2023 explains how it is successfully addressing emotionally based school avoidance
A 3 step process for tackling emotionally-based school avoidance

Sunday

19th Nov 2023

Emotion coaching: a three-step approach to difficult feelings
Children find it difficult to manage ‘big feelings’ appropriately, says Cathleen Halligan – but an evidence-based approach can help
Emotion coaching: a three-step approach to difficult feelings

Friday

17th Nov 2023

Youth violence: green shoots of progress growing too slowly
More is being done to help schools tackle the scourge of youth violence, but it needs to go further – and faster, says Anne Longfield, chair of the Commission on Young Lives
Green shoots

Tuesday

14th Nov 2023

Ofsted: More schools keep ‘outstanding’ grade
But the number of schools with the top Ofsted rating has fallen overall after the return of routine inspections
Outstanding Ofsted

Monday

13th Nov 2023

5 steps to address bullying in schools and beyond
Are we really listening to young people in trying to stop the spread of bullying, asks Scotland’s anti-bullying service
Bullying classroom

Thursday

9th Nov 2023

Violence in Scottish primaries not ‘a rarity’, Gilruth told
The education secretary’s suggestion that it is low-level disruption – and not violence – that is on the rise has been dismissed by primary school leaders
Violence in Scottish schools Gilruth

Tuesday

7th Nov 2023

2m pupils could be persistently absent, Labour warns
Labour analysis of current school attendance trends warns the country could see a ‘lost generation of schoolchildren’ in the coming years
Labour are set to claim that two million pupils could be persistently absent by 2025.

Monday

6th Nov 2023

3 common behaviour problems, and how to fix them
Behaviour might be slipping at this time of year, says Sam Strickland, who sets out how to respond to typical issues teachers could be experiencing
Behaviour

Thursday

2nd Nov 2023

Is punishing bullying ‘counterproductive’?
One behaviour expert says it is ‘tragic’ that a Scottish council is ruling out sanctions when it comes to bullying – but a parents’ organisation has applauded its approach
School bully