At the end of February, the Department for Education published a press release entitled "Experts to help tackle poor behaviour in schools" (DfE, 2020a).
It announced a new behaviour drive by the DfE that includes a selection of behaviour experts and exemplary schools working with those settings needing support. These participants will be grouped into behaviour hubs and the initiative being government-funded to the tune of £10 million.
The strategies to support this new drive are largely derived from behaviour tsar Tom Bennett’s report for the DfE in 2017, entitled Creating a culture: How school leaders can optimise behaviour.
The methods recommended are not new. Some of them are even controversial. It will come as no surprise that consistent practice, high staff support, visible leaders and detailed expectations are all included. So too is the support for internal inclusion units, which are a controversial issue as Headteacher Update has reported in the past (2019).
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