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Supply teaching: Managing pupil behaviour

SecEd’s supply teaching series continues. Here, school leader Ben Solly offers his behaviour management guidance for those constantly working with new classes from school to school

Managing pupil behaviour is a perennial hot topic in education – everyone seems to have a strong opinion on how to achieve a calm and purposeful learning environment.

Teaching is a demanding profession and each day brings with it a plethora of challenges, particularly in relation to pupil behaviour in class. Even for the most experienced and effective teachers, who are well established in their school, poor pupil behaviour can often derail a lesson and affect the learning of other pupils.

So, for supply teachers, it should come as no surprise that behaviour is high on the list of anxieties that a temporary member of staff might have as they enter a school for the first time.

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