Behaviour
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Behaviour management strategies
- Behaviour and discipline: what you can and can't do Get to grips with the rules on sanctions and disciplining poor behaviour, including around detentions, isolation and confiscating prohibited items.
- Behaviour audit: how-to and templates Identify the strengths and weaknesses in your approach to behaviour, and use this insight to create an action plan. Download our templates to help you gather evidence, including staff voice and pupil voice.
- Behaviour for learning: strategies (primary) How can schools promote behaviour for learning? We look at the strategy a primary school uses to encourage behaviour for learning. You will also find guidance on using social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL), restorative approaches and high-quality teaching to improve behaviour.
- Behaviour management: pupils with emotional and learning needs From sensory zones to nurture groups, learn how to manage challenging behaviour from pupils with SEN. Get guidance on communicating effectively with these pupils, adapting your classroom environment to cater for their needs, and see examples of what other schools are doing.
- Behaviour management toolkits Have a look at toolkits for managing pupil behaviour, including toolkits that support classroom management and teacher training.
- Behaviour: monitoring and incident forms Download our template to help you monitor pupil behaviour inside and outside of the the classroom, and see examples of incident forms used by schools.
- Behaviour plans for pupils: template Download our template of an individual behaviour plan. Plus, find links to guidance to help you develop your behaviour plans.
- Behaviour policy: staff quizzes Download our quizzes to check whether your staff understand your school's approach to behaviour and can apply your policy consistently.
- Effective behaviour management systems: essential features Get an overview of the key strands of an effective behaviour management system, so you can make sure your whole-school approach is set up for success.
- Pastoral support plans: guidance, templates and examples Find out how to develop a pastoral support plan (PSP) to give a pupil the additional support they need, and get templates and examples to help you write your own.
- Poll: most effective behaviour approaches Have your say and find out what other school leaders are saying.
- Positive handling plans: examples See examples of positive handling plans from infant, primary, secondary and special schools to help you write or update your own.
- Sexism and sexual harassment: how to update your behaviour policy Weave these behaviour management strategies into your policy to let your school community know how you’ll tackle incidents of sexism and sexual harassment between pupils. Use our example scenarios to help you review your policy before consulting on it.
- Supporting pupils with challenging behaviour Get an overview of the steps you need to take to put support in place for a pupil with challenging behaviour, so you can address their underlying needs and help improve the behaviour.
- Using restorative practice to manage behaviour Understand what restorative approaches to behaviour are, the potential benefits of using them and how to make the most effective use of them in your school.
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Bullying
- Bullying incidents: reporting and recording requirements Understand your reporting and recording responsibilities when it comes to bullying, and see examples of forms to record incidents.
- Recording and reporting racist 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.
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Dealing with incidents of bad behaviour
- Educational visits: refusing to take pupils It's up to you whether to prevent a pupil from going on a trip, but you must avoid discrimination. Here's what to consider if you have pupils with challenging behaviour, and for those with SEND and/or medical conditions.
- How to record physical interventions It's good practice to log the use of reasonable force against pupils. Find guidance on how to do this, and see examples of template record sheets from schools and a local authority.
- How to use reasonable force Make sure you understand when and how staff can make physical interventions with pupils. Read through our summary of the official guidance, including what it has to say on staff training and reporting incidents.
- Searching pupils and confiscation UpdatedMake sure you understand the rules on when you can search pupils, what you should do with any items found and the important safeguarding considerations of pupil searches.
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Exclusions
- Excluding a pupil: procedures Be clear on when you can lawfully exclude a pupil and what you must consider before making a decision.
- Excluding a pupil with SEND: requirements and guidance Understand the steps you need to take before excluding a pupil with SEND, especially if they have an EHC plan, and learn about how your statutory duties may affect your decision.
- Exclusion hearings: procedures Certain exclusions require a panel to consider the headteacher's decision, known as an exclusion hearing. Get an overview of the requirements and what role you play in the hearing.
- Exclusions: notifying parents, governors and the LA Following a permanent exclusion or suspension (fixed-term exclusion), understand what you need to tell whom, and in what order. Download our template letters to get the necessary information to parents ASAP and find out who's responsible for arranging education for pupils who have been excluded.
- Independent review panel hearings: procedures Parents have the right to request a review of your governing board's decision not to reinstate a pupil after exclusion. This review is done by an independent review panel (IRP), convened by the LA or academy trust. Get an overview of how the hearing will run and what the outcomes might be.
- Managed moves and directing pupils off site to improve behaviour Pupils with challenging behaviour can be temporarily directed off site, or part of a 'managed move' to another school. Understand the procedures for each option, and find out about the best way to deal with failed managed moves and non-attendance at alternative provision settings.
- Off-rolling: guidance and practical examples The 2019 Ofsted inspection framework includes a focus on 'off-rolling.' Find out what it is – and what it isn't – as well as what you can do to address it in your school.
- Reintegration meetings after fixed-term exclusions: guidance and template form Find out what you should cover in reintegration meetings following a suspension (fixed-term exclusion) and use our template to record your notes. See examples of exclusion policies to learn what other schools cover in these meetings.
- The Timpson review of school exclusion and the government's response: summary The Timpson review has set out several recommendations to reform exclusion practice. Get up to speed on the government's response and what changes you can expect as a result of the review
