Impact of how behaviour is managed
School life
Which, if any, of the following are an outcome of the behaviour management policies at your child ' s school?
|
Parents who say behaviour management at child’ s school is strict |
Parents who say behaviour management at child’ s school is not strict |
All parents average |
My child knows what behaviour is expected from them at school |
68 % |
62 % |
66 % |
Children at my child’ s school are generally well-behaved |
53 % |
34 % |
47 % |
I am supportive of how behaviour is managed at my child’ s school |
53 % |
30 % |
45 % |
My child’ s learning is sometimes disrupted due to poor behaviour from children in lessons |
22 % |
43 % |
28 % |
Children at my child’ s school are disciplined for insignificant infringements |
17 % |
8 % |
14 % |
My child is scared of getting disciplined at school |
10 % |
6 % |
9 % |
My child feels unsafe at school due to a lack of discipline |
3 % |
11 % |
5 % |
My child struggles to attend school because the school is not strict enough |
2 % |
5 % |
3 % |
My child struggles to attend school because the school is too strict |
3 % |
1 % |
3 % |
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
• 59 % of parents in Northern Ireland say children at their child’ s school are generally well-behaved compared with 41 % of parents in Scotland
• Just one in ten( 11 %) parents with a child at independent school say their child ' s lessons are disrupted by poor behaviour compared to three in ten( 30 %) parents with a child at a state school
• Four in ten( 41 %) parents with a child at secondary school say children at their child ' s school are well-behaved compared to more than half( 55 %) of parents with a child at primary school
• More than half( 53 %) of parents with a household income over £ 100,000 are supportive of how behaviour is managed at their child ' s school. This falls to a third( 35 %) of parents with a household income under £ 20,000
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