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New guidance for improving attendance

11 May 2022

Many school leaders are working hard to improve attendance rates in their schools. The Department for Education (DfE) has released two guidance documents to support schools in their endeavours to…

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Securing Good Attendance & Tackling Persistent Absence: Department for Education and Ofsted webinar

3 April 2022

Ofsted and the Department for Education delivered a webinar on 15 February 2022 sharing the findings of a recent Ofsted report looking at effective school practice for reducing absence and…

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Increasing attendance with parent messages – Supportive ‘how-to’ guide for schools

30 March 2022

Catching up on lost learning during school closures will only be possible with good school attendance, but attendance rates remain below pre-pandemic levels. The Behavioural Insights Team have produced a…

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How would you respond? …when pupils get angry

17 February 2022

Shahana Knight is spotlighting common behaviours or classroom scenarios, looking at why they might occur and how we can respond therapeutically. It is so easy to see a child’s struggle…

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Individual approaches needed to improve attendance

9 February 2022

In a new report, Securing good attendance and tackling persistent absence, published on 7th February 2022, Ofsted has stated that appropriate individual support for disadvantaged children, including those with special educational needs…

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Ofsted webinar: attendance in schools

24 January 2022

Ofsted has released a pre-recorded webinar led by Aimee Floyd who talks about attendance and how inspectors are considering and evaluating attendance during the current pandemic. Click here to access…

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The Window of Tolerance Animation

16 January 2022

Watch a free 6 minute online video from Beacon House on the Window of Tolerance Find out how a traumatised child swings from fight/flight to freeze/collapse; and what adults can…

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School behaviour policy checklist

27 October 2021

This school behaviour policy checklist from Satchel One has been created in line with DfE requirements and is designed to provide you with guidance for what should be included in…

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Trauma and insecure attachment behaviour in primary schools: How to respond

20 October 2021

This seven-page free download is written by therapeutic teaching expert Shahana Knight and considers the dos and don'ts of behaviour management in classrooms and schools. She discusses common behaviour and…

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Managing behaviour through consequences, not punishment

3 June 2021

Karen Jones, Headteacher at Great Clacton Church of England Junior School in Essex, shares how she changed the behaviour management culture in her school to focus on ‘consequences’ rather than ‘punishments’. Karen…

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EEF transition tool

22 May 2021

The Education Endowment Foundation has recently released a new  tool to help schools anticipate risk points and build support for pupils. The  'School Transitions Tool' poses reflection questions for school leaders to help…

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Children’s Code (data protection)

21 April 2021

The Age Appropriate Design Code, or Children's Code as it is known, is a data protection code of practice for online services, such as apps, online games, and web and social media…

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