This article is:
- About creating a whole-school culture of effective behaviour management. See our other article for behaviour management techniques and approaches in the classroom
- Based on guidance and best practice in the DfE’s non-statutory guidance on behaviour in schools
Start with your behaviour policy
Include your behaviour expectations in your behaviour policy, to make them clear to staff, pupils, and parents and carers. Share your behaviour policy in your pupil and parent welcome pack as well as on your website.
Make sure your policy is clear on:
- Acceptable and unacceptable behaviour
- The values, attitudes and beliefs you want to promote
- Social norms and routines
- Your behaviour management approach
You're free to decide what the acceptable standard of behaviour looks like for your school. However, you must meet the national minimum expectation of behaviour, which is aligned with Ofsted's ‘good’ grade
