Behaviour, Personal Development & Wellbeing

Welcome to our community

This community is led by Mike Boxall from Newham Community Learning. Mike is Deputy Head at Selwyn Primary School in Newham and has worked as an SLE for Redbridge REP since 2019. Across several boroughs, he leads subject development programmes in Geography, History, PE and Behaviour, while also supporting ITT programs. Alongside this, he is an accredited Team Teach trainer and ELSA practitioner. He aims to support leaders and schools by creating a non-judgemental space in which effective practice can be shared, professional dialogue encouraged and school improvement strengthened.

Who is this suitable for?

Leaders and teachers responsible for behaviour, personal development and/or wellbeing.

How does it work?

All meetings will be divided into two sections: School Leader Focus and School Development Focus.

The Leader Focus element will examine the key aspects of leading and maintaining a subject or school improvement area. This will include consideration of the fundamental systems, processes and expectations that should be established, alongside opportunities to share effective practice and approaches between schools.

The Development Focus element will concentrate on a specific area of interest or priority. Participants will engage with relevant research, critically evaluate current practice within their own settings and identify appropriate actions to support further development and improvement within their schools.

What does it involve?

Members of this group will be able to attend three meetings, one per term.

• Restrictive interventions, including use of reasonable force, in schools (DfE, 2026)

• Behaviour in Schools: Advice for headteachers and school staff (DfE, 2024)

• Positive environments where children can flourish (Ofsted, 2021)

• Guidance Report: Improving Behaviour in Schools (EEF, 2021)

• Case studies of behaviour management practices in schools rated outstanding (under the previous framework) (DfE, Oct 2023)

• Understanding Mental Health in Schools (Schools North East, 2023)

• Improving Social and Emotional Learning in Primary Schools Guidance Report and associated materials (EEF, 2021)

• Trauma-informed practices with young people (Research in Practice, 2018)

• Behaviour Management Case Studies in Schools Rated Outstanding (DfE, March 2017)

• Restrictive intervention in schools (Ofsted, Feb 2026)

• Why Behaviour is more than one problem... Newham Learning (Newham Learning, 2024)

• Managing Behaviour and Building Habits - (EEF, 26 Jan 2021)

• Personal Social and Emotional Development (PSED) in the early years (EEF, 07 Sep 2023)

• Using the EEF Improving Behaviour in Schools Guidance Report (EEF, 19 Dec 2023)

• The Power of Knowing Your Pupils (EEF, 22 Jan 2024)

(coming soon)

Guidance Documents

• Putting Evidence to Work (Implementation Guidance) (EEF, 2024)

Videos

• A schools' guide to Implementation - Animation (EEF, 2024)

• Newham Learning: Implementation (Newham Learning, 2022)

Templates

• Action plan template (pdf)

• Action plan template (docx)

• Case study template (pdf)

• Case study template (pptx)

• Kirsten MacLeod, Newham PRUs

Disruptive behaviour in English schools worse since COVID (Guardian, Oct 2023)
COVID generation - under fives excluded from schools in England (Guardian, Oct 2023)