Promoting and sustaining good behaviour in schools

If all efforts to control a situation through good behaviour management have failed, in extreme circumstances you can use physical means to prevent injury. Article 4 of the Education Act 1998 enables a member of staff to use reasonable force to prevent a pupil committing an offence, to prevent him causing injury to himself, to …
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Code of Practice

This is a very brief outline of the code of practice giving the important points which a classroom teacher would need to know.  It is a 5 step procedure. Some children may proceed through all the steps, some may remain at one particular stage, others will start at various stages on the steps and may …
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The Education Act 1996 (NI)

SEN is a term used to mean Special Educational Needs. A child is considered as having special educational needs if he/she has a learning difficulty which requires special educational provision (that is provision more than the average child) to be made for him/her. Many children have learning difficulties, but the important thing is that the …
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Legal requirements – The Education Act (1996)

SEN is a term used to mean Special Educational Needs. A child is considered as having special educational needs if he/she has a learning difficulty which requires special educational provision (that is provision more than the average child) to be made for him/her. Many children have learning difficulties, but the important thing is that the …
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