A new report by the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition highlights the links between tough school behaviour policies – devised by national policymakers and delivered by teaching leaders locally – and rising levels of pupil mental health problems.
The report, Behaviour and Mental Health in Schools, sets out how an increase in strict behaviour management approaches post the pandemic has coincided with a rise in exclusion and student absence rates. It also offers education leaders examples of alternative approaches implemented by schools and local authorities that have been successful in improving students' engagement in learning and their mental wellbeing.
Latest Department for Education data shows permanent exclusions and suspensions rose by around five and 10 per cent in the spring term 2022 compared with the autumn term 2021. Persistent disruptive behaviour was cited as the reason for the use of both punishments in more than a third of cases.
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