Behaviour
The latest news, analysis and best-practice advice on managing pupil behaviour, including everything from new policy to cutting-edge research
Tuesday
10th Feb 2026
Schools spend 100 hours a week managing phones
Policing students鈥� use of phones is a 鈥榖ig strain鈥� on staff, whether the school has a strict policy on devices or not, new research shows
Ofsted: Heads question fairness of combining attendance and behaviour
糖心Vlog analysis shows most schools graded as 鈥榥eeds attention鈥� were only criticised over attendance and not behaviour
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Wednesday
4th Feb 2026
Do schools need to change course on behaviour?
鈥楤ad鈥� behaviour is damaging teacher wellbeing and disrupting learning, despite successive governments trying to tackle it. Could findings from behavioural psychology and child development hold the answer? David Robson takes a look
Internal suspensions guidance boosts headteacher autonomy
Amid claims that government guidance is watering down school leaders鈥� powers, head Sophia Haughton says the opposite is actually the case