Better Deal on Behaviour campaign

Key findings

Some of the key findings include, in the last 12 months:

• 37% of respondents have experienced physical abuse or violence from pupils in the last 12 months;

• 90% report verbal abuse or violence from pupils;

• 89% feel the number of pupils exhibiting violent and abusive behaviours has increased;

• 93% say the number of pupils verbally abusing staff members has increased.

Nearly half of teachers (45%) strongly agree or agree that they are made to feel to blame if they have an issue with poor pupil behaviour.

Forty-five per cent also said that the culture in their school/college treats poor pupil behaviour as part of the job and they should expect to receive abuse/violence from pupils.

A similar amount - 44% - do not feel supported by their school or college’s approach to dealing with poor pupil behaviour.

We will represent the interests of teachers and school leaders robustly where school practices fall short of the standards of behaviour that teachers can reasonably expect.

If you have a concern about the way in which behaviour is being managed in your school, you should seek advice and support from the NASUWT immediately.