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Covid: Behaviour management approaches that are here to stay

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While schools are deciding which Covid behaviour innovations they plan to keep and develop this term, education secretary Gavin Williamson's obsession with banning mobile phones remains ‘mystifying’ to many working in schools


Emergency measures used during the pandemic have had a clear impact on preventing poor behaviour and many look set to be kept by schools in the coming months.

From how we use space and travel around the school to classroom organisation and the structure of the school day, these strategies have been set out by the Association of School and College Leaders in its response (ASCL, 2021) to the Department for Education’s consultation on behaviour management in schools (DfE, 2021).

However, at the same time, ASCL has lambasted education secretary Gavin Williamson for his “mystifying” obsession with banning mobile phones in schools – an issue which is simply not an issue for many schools.

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