A major international report says the “disciplinary climate” in Australian schools is among the “least favourable” in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). On Tuesday, the ...

The vast majority of parents support phones being banned in schools and think it is the answer to curbing bad classroom behaviour, according to new research. A poll of 1000 parents and 500 secondary ...

The new model of school discipline will be rolled out nationally this year, after a Senate inquiry heard horror tales of students hurling furniture at teachers, keying their cars, punching them, ...

Schools where poor behaviour is thought to be a problem are to be subject to no-notice inspections, Ofsted says. The chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, wants to tackle the "casual ...

While concern has been mounting for some time about the nation’s sliding academic results on several international measures, it is only recently that the function of classroom disciplinary environment ...

A recent study puts the blame for a child's bad or erratic behaviour in the classroom squarely on his/her parents. A survey of over 8,000 members by the NASUWT Teachers Union found that more than two ...

Ofsted is to raise concerns about low level disruption in schools Head teachers say claims by Ofsted that schools are not doing enough to tackle poor behaviour are contradicted by the evidence of ...

Education secretary announces appointment of Tom Bennett to help teachers deal better with pupils’ minor misdemeanours A new school behaviour tsar will be tasked with stopping low-level disruption in ...

Head teachers say claims by Ofsted that schools are not doing enough to tackle poor behaviour are contradicted by the evidence of inspections. Brian Lightman, head of the Association of School and ...