Improving behaviour

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.

• 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.

  • Ofsted advice on inspecting behaviour

  • School self-evaluation of behaviour

  • Pre-inspection behaviour reviews

  • Learner forums

• 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.

  • Establishing a positive climate for learning

  • Developing skills to promote positive behaviour

  • Approaches to developing social and emotional skills

• 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.

  • Writing your behaviour policy

  • Reviewing your behaviour policy

  • Implementing your behaviour policy

• 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.

  • Behaviour data collection

  • Monitoring and analysing behaviour data

• 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.

  • Developing a continuum of provision

  • Provision of support in school

  • Provision of support outside school

• 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.

  • Identifying potential partners

  • Working with other school-based professionals

  • Establishing effective communication