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Guidance
Behaviour and discipline in schools
- From:
- Department for Education
- Part of:
- Schools: departmental advice and School and college behaviour and attendance
- Published:
- 16 July 2013
- Last updated:
- 4 January 2016, see all updates
- Applies to:
- England
Guidance for school leaders and staff on developing a school behaviour policy, and a checklist of actions to take to encourage good behaviour.
Documents
Behaviour and discipline in schools: guidance for headteachers and staff
Ref: DFE-00023-2014 PDF, 280KB, 14 pages
Getting the simple things right: Charlie Taylor's behaviour checklists
PDF, 726KB, 6 pages
Details
This guidance is for school leaders and school staff.
It applies to all schools and explains the powers members of staff have to discipline pupils.
The ‘Getting things right’ document is a checklist of actions to take to encourage good behaviour in pupils.
See also ‘Behaviour and discipline in schools: guidance for governing bodies’.
Document information
Published: 16 July 2013
Updated: 4 January 2016
- Amended document to reflect that, from January 2016, schools will no longer have an obligation to use home-school agreements.
- Extended review date: we have reviewed and republished this guidance and confirmed it is up to date.
- Updated to remove references to running from the list of sanctions at school.
- Updated with new advice on sanctions for poor behaviour.
- First published.