Guidance and regulation

How schools can prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 February 2024

Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 September 2023

How school staff can develop a behaviour policy.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 February 2024

• Further guidance and resources for supporting behaviour in schools

  Further guidance and resources Creating a culture: a review of behaviour…

Guidance explaining the powers schools have to screen and search pupils, and to confiscate items they find.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 July 2023

Guidance about the use of physical restraint in schools for governing bodies, headteachers and school staff.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 17 July 2013

A guide to help parents and carers understand the suspension and permanent exclusion system in schools in England.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 25 May 2023

Guidance for school governing bodies on their role in creating their school's behaviour policy.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 24 September 2015

Statutory guidance for schools, local authorities and the police on dealing with poor attendance and behaviour in schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 29 May 2020

Guidance for school leaders and staff on managing drugs, drug-related incidents within schools and pastoral support for pupils.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 10 September 2012

How the Department for Education (DfE) publishes permanent and fixed-period exclusions statistics for schools in England.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 6 September 2017