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( 47 %) say children are well-behaved at their child ' s school

Behaviour in school

School life
Children growing up in poverty are more likely to go to a school with poor behaviour, according to parents.
Fewer than half of parents say that children are well-behaved at their child ' s school.
More than a quarter of parents say that their children ' s lessons are sometimes disrupted because of poor behaviour- that’ s the equivalent of 2.9 million children having learning disturbed due to poor behaviour.

Behaviour management at school

Very strict
How would you describe how behaviour is managed at your child’ s school?
Not at all strict

4 % 9 %

23 %

Not very strict

Fewer than half of parents

( 47 %) say children are well-behaved at their child ' s school

60 %

Fairly strict

950,000 children are scared of getting disciplined at school

Sample: 5,866 parents in England( 3,391), Scotland( 1,309), Wales( 865) and Northern Ireland( 301) who have at least one child aged 4 to 18 in school Base: All UK parents, weighted
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