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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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