1.1 Explain The Importance Of Expected Behaviour In Schools

Within the school system it is essential to demonstrate expected behaviour, values and attitudes to children and young people. In order to be able to effectively teach, pupils need to have good behaviour in school, and develop a positive attitude towards learning. There are many ways in which a school can help children and young people to know what the expected behaviour are, these can be through school- pupil agreements, behaviour policies and consistency throughout the school when dealing with issues of behaviour.

Charlie Taylor, a head teacher of a special school, is the Governments Expert Advisor on behaviour issues in schools. After a behaviour summit with other head teachers from some of the most deprived schools, he published a checklist on the key principles for improving behaviour in schools.

These values and attitudes are instilled in the school- pupil agreements that are usually sent home when a child first begins their journey at a new school. They will be also shown continuously all around the school and children will be rewarded based on their demonstration of the values in class or around the school. The values and attitudes tend to be different for each school but usually try to encourage pupils to be and act in a respectful and responsible manner. Perseverance and determination, motivation, honesty, understanding and showing democracy are all examples of the kinds of values that a school will want to imbue in pupils. When pupils show good understanding or demonstrate one of the school values and a good attitude towards learning, they will be rewarded. These rewards usually come in the form of special certificates or photos on a special display board in order to enticed other pupils to do the same and become ‘golden achievers’ themselves (St Winifred’s Catholic primary school,