Behaviour

Identify the strengths, weaknesses and disparities in your approach to behaviour, and use this insight to create an action plan. Download our templates to help you gather evidence and analyse data, including staff and pupil surveys and a monitoring form.

Find out how you can support your children to develop behaviours for learning. See examples of how other schools do it.

Learn how to manage challenging behaviour from pupils with SEMH needs. Get guidance on communicating effectively with these pupils and adapting your classroom environment to cater for their needs. Plus, see examples of what other schools are doing.

Understand your reporting and recording responsibilities when it comes to bullying, and see examples of forms other schools use to record incidents.

Find out when to report racist incidents and bullying to your LA or the police, and how recorded incidents can inform your school's anti-racism action plan. Adapt your behaviour policy to include your approach to racism and see example policies from other schools.

Understand how to use whole-school and individual approaches to minimise the need to use restrictive interventions. Find out how to identify pupils' triggers and behaviour hotspots, and initiate de-escalation techniques early to prevent an incident from happening.

Understand your new legal duty to record significant incidents involving the use of force on a pupil, and report these to parents. Find out how to record and who to report to, and download our guide and template to support staff with the process.

Get to grips with the DfE's revised guidance on mobile phones in schools. Decide on your policy and approach, and see examples of what other schools are doing.

Be clear on the procedures for excluding a pupil from your school, when you can lawfully do so, and who you must inform.

Support pupils to improve their behaviour and prevent permanent exclusion. Understand what off-site directions and managed moves are, and when and how to use these interventions effectively.

Parents/carers have the right to request a review of your governing board's decision not to reinstate a pupil after exclusion. This is done by an independent review panel (IRP), convened by the local authority (LA) or academy trust. Get an overview of how the hearing will run and what the outcomes might be.