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Behaviour guidance with a sharp, no-nonsense edge

Behaviour tsar Tom Bennett’s guidance contains some strong messages about behaviour in our schools. It also promotes a hard line. Suzanne O’Connell considers its main messages and how they apply to primary schools

According to Tom Bennett’s behaviour guidance Creating a Culture: How school leaders can optimise behaviour, things are none too good in our schools. He suggests that the Steer report and Ofsted have been generous in their findings and may have underestimated the difficulties that schools are facing in managing the behaviour of their students.

A primary headteacher might feel that the report is targeted more at secondary schools. Although it does not specify that secondary schools are the main focus, most of the case studies are from this phase of education and much of the content seems orientated to them. However, the guidance is worth considering for those in a primary leadership role as part of a review of behaviour policy and practice.

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