Summary
Serious incidents of bad behaviour in schools should be noted in conjunction with a review of current teaching methods to encourage learning and keep the attention of problem students.
Persistent poor behaviour in schools can have far-reaching and damaging consequences for children and can limit their horizons: positive steps needs to be made to address this issue.
- the Department for Education (DfE) collects sample data on all serious incidents in survey data
- teachers, pupils, parents and carers be allowed to assess the state of behaviour in schools
- schools be proactive in establishing relationships with parents and carers on behavioural matters.
A good school behaviour policy, agreed and communicated to all staff, governors, pupils, parents and carers, consistently applied, is the basis of an effective approach to managing behaviour.
The Education Committee supports proposals to give clearer emphasis on leading and supporting staff in maintaining and improving standards of behaviour in schools.
There are various practical techniques for managing behaviour effectively, but these are poorly circulated. The forthcoming Green Paper on special educational needs and disability should cover the links between special educational needs and behaviour.
The Committee supports the retention of independent appeals panels for exclusions. There are, though, serious concerns over provision of educational psychology services and access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
The Government should consider passing the responsibility for budgets and commissioning of all children's community health services (including mental health services and speech, language and communications needs specialist services) to local authorities.
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