Every parent wants to know that their child will be safe and happy at school and every child has the right to learn in a well-run, orderly school, with good behaviour in every classroom.

In the White Paper ‘Building a 21st century schools system’ the Department set out a guarantee to every pupil and parent (underpinned by legislation) that in their school there will be good behaviour, strong discipline, order and safety. As a result of the steps already taken, the great majority of schools already have good or outstanding behaviour and the number of schools with inadequate standards of behaviour is at the lowest level ever recorded. However, it is unacceptable for the learning of any class to be disrupted by the bad behaviour of one or two pupils.

This document sets out how the DCSF intend to deliver their guarantee on behaviour across schools in England, acting upon the recommendations of Sir Alan Steer’s behaviour review.

Also included below is a letter to the Secretary of State for Education from Sir Alan Steer.

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