Tackling bad behaviour and reducing incidents of persistent disruptive behaviour has been identified by the Schools Secretary as a priority. An official 'Satisfactory' ranking for behaviour by Inspectors will be unacceptable by 2012. This course will show how staff can improve learning behaviour in their institutions, analyse the impact of behaviour on learning and will provide ways to help them move behaviour to "Good" or "Outstanding".

Delegates will be given approaches and materials which will improve learning behaviour in their schools. Through the use of audits the effectiveness of their existing systems will be identified so that those systems can be modified to reduce incidents of persistent disruption - thus helping schools to systematically and progressively progress towards a "Good" or "Outstanding" ranking.