Behaviour
The latest news, analysis and best-practice advice on managing pupil behaviour, including everything from new policy to cutting-edge research
Wednesday
13th Nov 2024
Treat online and offline bullying with 鈥榮ame seriousness鈥�
Online bullying may have more serious consequences, suggests first anti-bullying guidance from Scottish government in seven years
Youth club closures affected GCSE results, think tank warns
Headteachers鈥� leaders urge government to restore local authority funding for community services, or risk leaving schools to 鈥榩ick up the pieces鈥�
Monday
11th Nov 2024
How to address behaviour in Welsh schools
School leaders in Wales are doing all they can to tackle disruptive behaviour and need to know they are supported, says Laura Doel
Anti-Bullying Week: how we are eradicating bullying
A secondary associate principal explains how their school鈥檚 programme, which includes training students in violence prevention, has significantly reduced incidents of bullying
Friday
8th Nov 2024
Restraint and seclusion 鈥榮hould not be routine practice in schools鈥�
Guidance on restraint and seclusion in Scottish schools focuses on prevention 鈥� but union says teachers and school leaders will 鈥榙espair鈥� at lack of practical guidance
Ofsted鈥檚 inclusion focus won鈥檛 penalise suspensions, says chief
Inspectorate must move away from 鈥榙etecting failures only鈥�, Sir Martyn Oliver tells MAT leaders at the Confederation of School Trusts鈥� conference
Tuesday
5th Nov 2024
Unauthorised absence 鈥榮tubbornly high鈥� despite higher fines
Absence rates have not dropped since higher 拢160 fines were introduced in September, analysis reveals
5 questions to ask to keep staff safe from violence
It鈥檚 an uncomfortable reality that attacks against school staff do happen, writes Jarlath O鈥橞rien, but there are steps that leaders can take to reduce the risk