Pupils' chances affected by poor behaviour, Ofsted warns
The watchdog body says that teachers are increasingly frustrated with education leaders who, they feel, could do more to promote high standards of conduct in the classroom. Ofsted claims that some pupils may be losing as much as an hour of learning every day, or 38 days a year, due to this disruption.
A report titled Below the Radar: Low-level Disruption in the Country’s Classrooms discusses the issue as it affects 95 state schools and academies inspected between January and July this year, and includes data from a YouGov survey of teachers and parents.
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said in a BBC interview that “leadership is absolutely critical” in addressing this issue, ad that behavior policies can succeed “even in the most challenging areas” if head teachers are willing to get involved.
Sir Michael explained the role of inspectors in “toughening up judgement on behaviour and it is in our children’s interest if we do… If this low level stuff isn’t tackled it becomes more serious and exclusions start to rise.”
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