Category: Pupil behaviour

School suspension in England only to be for pupils’ most serious misbehaviour

Policy intended to keep more children sanctioned for non-violent bad behaviour in school in ‘internal exclusion’ unitsSuspending pupils from school will be reserved for the most serious cases of bad behaviour...

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One in 12 secondary pupils put in isolation rooms at least once a week, study finds

Children with special educational needs more than twice as likely to be put in isolation, say Manchester researchers‘Publicly humiliated’: parents describe difficulty of children’s isolation at schoolOne in 12...

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Secondary schools in England to tackle ‘incel’ culture and teach positive role models

Government says new guidance will challenge ‘manosphere’ myths as DfE reports epidemic-scale misogynySecondary school pupils in England are to be taught about “incel” culture and the links between...

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We need more male teachers so British boys have role models, says minister

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, says there are too few men working in schools as UK reflects on TV series AdolescenceThe fate of boys “is a defining issue of our time”, according to the education...

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Academy chain with 35,000 pupils to be first in England to go phone-free

Exclusive: Ormiston academies trust says impact of smartphones on learning and mental health has been ‘catastrophic’How pupils at phone-free English secondary learned ‘to socialise, old schoolA national academy...

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Gove suggests parents of truanting children could have child benefits stopped

Lib Dems say levelling-up secretary is ‘living in a different century’ with the proposalMichael Gove has suggested that parents who fail to ensure their children attend school regularly could have their child benefit...

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Schools in England warn of crisis of ‘heartbreaking’ rise in hungry children

Headteachers and food aid charities say they are struggling to cope with growing demand from families unable to afford foodChildren are so hungry that they are eating rubbers or hiding in the playground because they can’t...

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