Last month, Ofsted released a report attacking school leaders for not doing enough to prevent persistent low-level disruption from interrupting other students’ learning time – but were they right to do so?
A recent Ofsted report showed that teachers, parents and carers are rightly concerned about the frequent loss of learning time through low-level but persistent disruptive behaviour in classrooms. In too many schools, teachers are reported to be frustrated by bad behaviour and are critical of colleagues, particularly those in leadership positions, who aren’t doing enough to ensure high standards of pupil behaviour.
The report, ‘Below the radar’, came to the conclusion that schools leaders should take more responsibility for dealing with it. Furthermore, it identified a lack of effective training as a key problem.