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Managing behaviour: Introducing Ready to Learn

Ready to Learn, the approach to behaviour management at The Fallibroome Academy, has had a remarkable impact. Vice-principal Ross Martland explains how the initiative works

Throughout 2016/17, the headteacher and I met with small groups of all school staff in order to capture areas where they felt we were doing well as a school – as well as identifying where we could improve.

The tone of these meetings was overwhelmingly positive. However, we quickly identified three common improvement themes that needed to be addressed: staff workload, opportunities for staff to socialise, and the management of low-level behaviour.

In order to tackle low-level behaviour the senior leadership team undertook research and visited several schools across the country that had taken significant steps to address negative student behaviour.

In March 2017, we set the aim that we would radically change our approach to behaviour management at Fallibroome, so that within 12 months there would be a climate in school where:

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