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Tom Bennett
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Behaviour in schools: what will 2026 bring?
What impact will the RISE attendance and behaviour hubs and schools White Paper have on classroom disruption this year? Tom Bennett looks ahead
General
2 January 2026
Student getting a bad grade
We need to take behaviour seriously at a national level
The education system fails to match behaviour expertise with the schools in which it is needed most
28 February 2020
Pupil behaviour: finally, it’s being tackled on a national level
Poor behaviour is damaging for both teachers and pupils. But a new national review promises to give teachers the tools to tackle it
5 May 2019
Off-rolling is detestable, but let’s be careful
Illegal exclusion is a dereliction of duty, and Ofsted is correct to condemn it, but the schools watchdog must be sure to follow the evidence
4 December 2018
‘Schools, please don’t ditch rote-learning just because Pisa’s boss tells you to’
Pisa says rote-learning is holding back our schools – but memorisation and drilling are key building blocks of learning, writes one educationalist
25 April 2018
‘Good behaviour isn’t left-wing or right-wing - and neither is it trad or prog’
Writing ahead of the ResearchED national conference, its director, Tom Bennett, calls for a truce in education’s ‘Great Debate’ – if only to find agreement on behaviour
6 September 2017