Behaviour support

Designed to prompt thinking about perceptions of behaviour within your school and the extent to which your procedures are evidence informed.

The audit tool is a quick and easy audit of your current situation and an overview of current strengths and weaknesses.

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Everyone who works in education knows that children’s behaviour makes the most significant impact on every facet of school life, not least, on their ability to learn.

The National Behaviour Survey in June 2022 highlighted that 84% of teachers felt there had been an increase in the numbers of students whom they found increasingly difficult to teach, and they didn’t feel the necessary support to teach these children effectively was there.

• 91% of children thought their school’s behaviour rules were only implemented ‘fairly’ some of the time
• Only 24% said their school asked for feedback about behaviour systems and support.

Behaviour audit tool

SSAT’s Behaviour audit tool is drawn from extensive research in the UK and further afield.

It is designed to prompt thinking about perceptions of behaviour within your school and the extent to which your procedures are evidence informed.

It sets a high bar, but it is designed to challenge your thinking about the way you establish your behaviour culture, and how relationships are formed, and maintained with children.

The audit is split into six sections:

1. Our children are our priority – knowing and understanding your children and their influences.
2. It is the norm to do the right thing – getting the culture right.
3. Knowledge is power – use of data.
4. Keep it simple – getting the basics right.
5. The devil is in the detail – rewards sanctions and red lines.
6. Make the implicit explicit – teaching learning behaviours alongside managing behaviour.

The audit tool is laid out in easy-to-read statements that can be scored to help you decide what areas of your practice need further attention. It is designed to be used cross phase.

Who is this for?

School leaders or pastoral leaders in all phases and settings.

Audit tool price
SSAT members: £129 + VAT
Non-members: £179 + VAT

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Need additional support?

Our behaviour support programme will allow you to pinpoint where your current practice around behaviour management may be weak and find a way forward to better meet the needs of today’s young people.

It provides a unique and bespoke review of policy and practice in a non-judgemental but supportive manner.

It includes the audit tool followed by an in-person visit and follow-up report.

• A detailed, rigorous review of practice.
• An objective look at your school’s behaviour systems and how these could be developed to better meet your school’s needs.
• A proactive method to identify, prioritise, and implement actions that will make the most difference to learners.
• Pinpoint research that may assist in development of your practice.
• Establish successful approaches to improving behaviour through collaboration and engagement with stakeholders.
• A written report highlighting areas of good practice and suggesting areas for further development.

Benefits

Challenges you to think deeply about your behaviour systems from the perspective of all stakeholders.

Puts inclusivity front and centre.

Designed post-pandemic to help you navigate a complex picture of behaviour and unmet SEND need.

Clarifies and provides evidence for where further resources need to be prioritised.

Who is this for?

School leaders or pastoral leaders in all phases and settings.

Full programme
SSAT members: £1,275 + VAT
Non-members: £1,490 + VAT

The in-person visit must be completed within three months of purchase.

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Programme leader

Dr Keven Bartle, Senior Education Lead, SSAT

Keven has been a teacher for almost three decades and was headteacher at a richly diverse secondary school in London for nine years. Through his career, Keven has been committed to the power of education for social justice and transformation, working in schools where staff make a difference to the lives of children, families and communities.

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