Behaviour and Attendance
Address the issues of pupils' poor attendance and behaviour.
In this section
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Improving behaviour
Practical approaches that will improve relationships in the classroom and help you manage behaviour more effectively.
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Improving attendance
Advice, resources and approaches, focusing on vulnerable groups and pupils with persistent absence to improve their attendance levels.
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NPSLBA
The three-day National Programme for Specialist Leaders in Behaviour and Attendance (NPSLBA), including the resources you need to deliver an effective programme.
Behaviour and Attendance topics
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Improving behaviour in schools
Use the advice and materials to take practical and realistic approaches to improving behaviour. Focus on solutions and work positively with pupils and staff to improve relationships in the classroom, and help all colleagues to manage behaviour more effectively.
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Leadership and management
Senior leadership teams may find it helpful to encourage all members of the school community to get involved in improving behaviour in their school. Senior leaders can use these tools and resources to help them implement strong management systems that promote positive behaviour across the school.
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Positive whole-school ethos for behaviour
A positive climate for learning is essential in every school and will improve behaviour. Find out how to develop whole-school responsibility for the climate and the development of staff and pupil skills within it.
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Effective behaviour policy development
An effective behaviour policy will set the tone of the school, which can raise standards of behaviour in the classroom to support high quality learning and teaching. It provides opportunities for heads and other teachers to promote good behaviour and is both a framework for practice and a statement that informs the school ethos.
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Using data to review behaviour
The effective analysis and use of data is essential in monitoring behaviour improvement in schools. Find out how to establish a whole-school monitoring process informed by robust data analysis to make sure interventions have a positive impact on behaviour.
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Meeting individual needs
Learn how developing a continuum of provision can help senior leaders to measure the impact any interventions that are in place have on behaviour. This approach can include both in-school provision and out-of-school provision.
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Working with partners to improve behaviour
This section of Improving behaviour seeks to help schools extend partnerships by examining what is working well, what could be improved, where gaps exist and which partners or other agencies can help to fill the gaps.
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Improving attendance and reducing persistent absence
School attendance levels are affected by several factors. When the school leadership champions the attendance agenda and regularly reviews the school's attendance levels, focusing on vulnerable groups and learners with persistent absence, attendance levels will often improve.
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Leadership and management in attendance
Find out more about why senior leaders are key to improving attendance in schools, how appointing a school attendance leader can help, and how every member of the school community should take responsibility for improving teaching and learning for attendance. You can also find out how to conduct an attendance review.
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Using data and information to review attendance
Find out how attendance and attainment are linked, get advice on how and why senior leaders may find it helpful to build a school attendance profile, and on what good attendance practice and procedures are. Tools and resources are provided to help you analyse attendance data.
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Developing a whole-school approach to attendance
Senior leaders can find tools and resources that will help to support staff, learners and parents/carers, and encourage them to take responsibility for improving attendance. There is also advice about establishing a school attendance policy and developing strong systems to support a whole-school approach.
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Improving the attendance of vulnerable groups
Senior leaders can use these tools and resources to help them identify vulnerable groups, support them effectively and find out more about the attendance of vulnerable groups. It is important to understand which groups are most vulnerable and how to improve their attendance when trying to improve attendance levels across the school.
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Improving outcomes for learners with persistent absence
Find out how to reduce persistent absence, how to prevent any further decline in attendance and how to deal with medical absence. Also discover how partners in your local area can help you improve attendance. Part of Improving outcomes for learners with persistent absence.
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National Programme for Specialist Leaders in Behaviour and Attendance (NPSLBA)
An introduction to the National Programme for Specialist Leaders of Behaviour and Attendance (NPSLBA), which is recognised in many schools and settings as a vehicle for personal and professional development of staff to improve their leadership skills that support school improvement and outcomes for children and young people.
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National Programme for Specialist Leaders in Behaviour and Attendance (NPSLBA)
An introduction to the National Programme for Specialist Leaders of Behaviour and Attendance (NPSLBA), which is recognised in many schools and settings as a vehicle for personal and professional development of staff to improve their leadership skills that support school improvement and outcomes for children and young people.
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Behaviour and attendance: The role of the senior leadership team (SLT) in leading and managing improvement
Una wanted to reduce the need for exclusions using a preventative approach, and to secure attendance at Key Stage 3 Tests. This is a user-generated case study.
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Behaviour and attendance: The role of the senior leadership team (SLT) in leading and managing improvement
Una wanted to reduce the need for exclusions using a preventative approach, and to secure attendance at Key Stage 3 Tests. This is a user-generated case study.
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Inclusion Development Programme: Primary and Secondary – Supporting pupils on the autism spectrum
This publication accompanies the e-learning course Primary and Secondary IDP: Supporting pupils on the autism spectrum. It introduces the course, outlines the structure and suggests additional resources. It will help those working with children with special educational needs (SEN) to meet the needs of pupils on the autism spectrum.
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Inclusion Development Programme: Primary and Secondary – Supporting pupils with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties
This publication accompanies the e-learning course Primary and Secondary IDP: Supporting pupils with BESD. It introduces the course, outlines the structure and suggests additional resources. It will help teachers further understand the key factors that contribute to pupils having BESD as a special education need.
