Behaviour is always one of the main topics of conversation among school leaders – and the government’s consultation on the subject and its £10m behaviour hub programme promise to make it an even more prominent issue this year.
There has been confusion around what best practice looks like when it comes to behaviour management strategies, and some pushback too from leaders who would have rather seen the hub money spent on student mental and wellbeing programmes post pandemic.
As part of the ESS ‘Education Matters’ podcast series, presenter Ann Mroz spoke with Amy Forrester, Tes’ behaviour columnist about the most pressing issues facing leadership when it comes to behaviour: what best practice looks like, how to put robust behaviour policies in place, how to help teachers handle the strain of the additional workload, and how to deal with difficult parents resisting change.
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