Of the 9000 teachers in this research conducted by the BBC, 20% reported they had been hit by a student this year. 20%!
Whether this is the knock-on effects from COVID, a lack of effective behaviour management training during teacher training, a generational shift in norms and behaviours, austerity or other contributing factors is not clear.
In the BBC story, former DfE behaviour adviser Tom Bennett says it has been a problem for "decades" after being "brushed under the carpet".
"Up until about five or six years ago there wasn't much by way of [teacher] training in behaviour management, which would probably astonish a lot of people," he said."We need to make sure schools are looking at teaching the behaviour they need, having boundaries and having consequences - a fairly simple structure but quite hard to put into practice."
Bennett conducted an independent review of behaviour in UK schools in 2017, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-in-schools. This enlightening read offered the following:
Whether this is the knock-on effects from COVID, a lack of effective behaviour management training during teacher training, a generational shift in norms and behaviours, austerity or other contributing factors is not clear.
In the BBC story, former DfE behaviour adviser Tom Bennett says it has been a problem for "decades" after being "brushed under the carpet".
"Up until about five or six years ago there wasn't much by way of [teacher] training in behaviour management, which would probably astonish a lot of people," he said."We need to make sure schools are looking at teaching the behaviour they need, having boundaries and having consequences - a fairly simple structure but quite hard to put into practice."
Bennett conducted an independent review of behaviour in UK schools in 2017, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-in-schools. This enlightening read offered the following: