FREE WEBINAR: Rethinking behaviour – The two missing pieces

Free webinar for school leaders: Rethinking behaviour through mattering and implementation science. Tues 24 Feb.

Behaviour shapes almost everything in a school: learning time, staff wellbeing, pupil safety, relationships with families, attendance, and the overall emotional climate.

It is also one of the most politically sensitive and persistently difficult areas to get right.

In recent years, many schools have adopted stricter behaviour policies. Some have seen improvements. Others have found progress fragile or uneven. Meanwhile:

• Behaviour has overtaken workload as a top concern for many teachers
• Suspensions and exclusions remain high
• Persistent absence and pupil mental health concerns continue to rise

In our recent essay Rethinking School Behaviour: The two missing pieces, we argue that two powerful ideas are largely absent from the behaviour conversation:

1. The psychology of mattering – whether pupils and staff feel noticed, valued, and able to add value.
2. Implementation science – how behaviour systems move beyond policy documents and launch events into consistent daily practice.

One idea is psychological. The other is procedural. Together, they help explain why behaviour improvement is often hard to sustain – and what to do differently.

In this free webinar, we will explore:

• The psychology of mattering
• Why belonging is downstream of mattering
• Why top-down, black-box behaviour leadership often leads to inconsistent practice
• How slice teams, tight-but-loose implementation and pre-mortems can strengthen consistency
• How to design behaviour systems that are both humane and durable

The session is aimed primarily at headteachers, senior leaders and trust leaders, though teachers and middle leaders are very welcome.

If you are re-examining your approach to behaviour – or sensing that something important is missing – this may be of interest.