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Pupil behaviour

June 2026

  • Pupils sit around a table writing in their schoolbooks

    The London school that has screen-free days for pupils, teachers – and parents

    Holy Family Catholic primary school says enthusiastic response from parents has been biggest surprise

May 2026

  • Student in school uniform on their phone

    ‘Close to zero impact’: US study casts doubt on effect of phone ban in schools

    Researchers say findings are not reason to shy away from restrictions as MPs consider ban in England’s schools

January 2026

  • Pupils run up the stairs at a school

    School suspension in England only to be for pupils’ most serious misbehaviour

  • External facade and signage of Lily Lane primary school, Manchester

    Teachers strike at two Greater Manchester primary schools over ‘culture of violence’

December 2025

  • Mossbourne Academy Victoria Park, a three-storey redbrick 19th-century school building

    London academy staff instilled ‘climate of fear’ among pupils

    Report finds children at Mossbourne Victoria Park traumatised by disciplinary measures ‘designed to humiliate’

October 2025

  • Teacher with three young female students in class

    ‘What does it mean? No one knows’: six-seven meme invades UK classrooms

  • A child in a classroom

    One in 12 secondary pupils put in isolation rooms at least once a week, study finds

July 2025

  • Kid in classroom

    High court upholds use of isolation booths in schools in England

    Ruling dashes hopes of campaigners who argue booths are stressful and stigmatising for pupils
  • A young woman wearing headphones passes a bus shelter advert for the Netflix drama Adolescence

    Secondary schools in England to tackle ‘incel’ culture and teach positive role models

    Government says new guidance will challenge ‘manosphere’ myths as DfE reports epidemic-scale misogyny
  • Rear view of three primary school children sitting at their desk by a window

    Rise in school exclusions in England including among pupils six or younger

    Charity says system failing youngest children who lost out on socialising due to Covid, as total exclusions pass 10,000

April 2025

  • Students in a classroom.

    Barking at female staff and blocking doorways: teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools

    Survey finds social media main cause of poor behaviour, with pupils mimicking Donald Trump and Andrew Tate
  • Girls in a classroom

    Girls in England feel less safe at school than they did pre-Covid, survey finds

    Study finds larger drop-off among girls aged 13-14 who feel safe than among boys, compared with age group in 2019
  • Bridget Phillipson.

    We need more male teachers so British boys have role models, says minister

    Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, says there are too few men working in schools as UK reflects on TV series Adolescence

March 2025

  • Boy in a hoodie puts his head in his hands as he sits against a chain-link fence

    Teenagers excluded from school ‘twice as likely’ to commit serious violence

    Large-scale analysis of UK police and education records reveals link between expulsion and violence within year
  • A child on a mobile phone

    Social media platforms must be ‘brought to heel’, says UK schools leader

    Headteachers’ conference to be told that rise in bullying, abuse and malicious use of deepfakes is being reported
  • A female student raises her hand as a teacher gestures in a classroom

    Teacher vacancy rates at record high in England, report finds

    NFER says pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices contributing to exodus from workforce

February 2025

  • Generic stock picture of pupils walking into school in the morning

    Schools in Scotland witness ‘exponential increase’ in pupil violence

    Teaching union finds 44% of its members have experienced physical abuse or violent episodes in last 12 months

December 2024

  • Teacher leading a classroom with pupils facing the front

    Allow teachers to fine parents over pupils’ bad behaviour, says Tony Blair’s thinktank

  • John Harris

    double quotation markWhat kind of society would willingly traumatise its children in the name of education?

    John Harris

November 2024

  • A teacher and students in a classroom.

    Support staff bear brunt of behaviour crisis in England’s schools, union says

    Teaching assistants and other workers regularly experience physical and verbal abuse, Unison says
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