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3.4.3 Behaviour Management at School

RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE

Section 93 of the Education and Inspection Act 2006

DCFS Guidance "The Use of Force to Control or Restrain Pupils” 2007

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This chapter applies at Clare Lodge where education is provided.

The chapter should be read in conjunction with the CALM Policy and Behaviour Management and Sanctions Procedure.


Contents

  1. General Principles
  2. Physical Intervention
  3. Recording
  4. Monitoring


1. General Principles

1.1 There is an expectation that all children participate in education and behave in ways which will not disrupt the education of others.
1.2 The same standards of behaviour are expected of children whatever the activity being undertaken. 
1.3 Behaviour is managed in the context of professional relationships between teachers and pupils and broadly follows methodologies already described in this policy - unwanted behaviour being challenged through a process of persuasion, negotiation and direction. Children are given every encouragement to modify their behaviour and participate in lessons.


2. Physical Intervention

2.1

Section 93 of the Education and Inspection Act 2006 enables school staff to use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances to prevent a pupil from doing, or continuing to do, any of the following: -

  1. Committing any offence.
  2. Causing personal injury to, or damage to the property of, any person, or,
  3. Prejudicing the maintenance of good order and discipline at the school or among any pupils receiving education at the school, whether during a teaching session or otherwise.
2.2

The staff to which this power applies are defined in Section 95 of the Act and include:-

  1. Any teacher who works at the school.
  2. Any other person whom the head has authorised to have control or charge of the pupils.
2.3

If a child’s behaviour causes disruption to the education of the others and does not modify, a number of options are available, but these will only be implemented when negotiation/persuasion has not proved successful.

  1. A child may be allowed to leave the class if s/he feels unable to maintain self control and believes a period out of the class would help him or her settle. Depending on the point at which s/he leaves the lesson she may return to it, or return to the following lesson.
  2. The teacher delivering the lesson may decide that the child needs to leave the class. Support staff are requested, and the child given a further opportunity to settle and remain in the lesson. Should the child leave they would be expected (subject to risk assessment) to return to the next lesson.
  3. If the behaviour is such that immediate removal is indicated the child will be asked to before being removed using approved CALM® techniques – see CALM Policy.
2.4 Physical intervention is only used when all other strategies for responding to negative behaviour have been considered, attempted, and have failed.


3. Recording

3.1 The recording requirements are the same as set out in Section 5 of Behaviour Management and Sanctions.


4. Monitoring

4.1 As well as the requirements as to the monitoring of residential care as set out in Section 6 of Behaviour Management and Sanctions all absences from education, together with reasons, are reported to the registered manager.
4.2 This shows the extent to which individual children do not attend, or are removed from class as a consequence of their behaviour.

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