Evaluate & Review Policy

White Paper - Reviewing Your Behaviour Policy

This paper explains how to conduct a quick but thorough review of your behaviour policy without the need for lengthy consultation and piles of paperwork.

Using a simple systematic approach you will know if your behaviour policy is :

• Clear - the policy is clear and understood by all staff and students
• Consistent - policy is applied consistently in practice by all staff
• Communicates - behaviour is communicated between colleagues and dealt with effectively

The outcome from this review can be used to feed into your SEF as evidence of your pastoral support provision.

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Many of the behaviour issues faced by schools are a direct result of the behaviour policy not working effectively. There are many reasons for a policy not to work but the most common is that it is not always applied consistently by staff in practice. This is often well known in school but is extremely difficult to address. The answer is to track behaviour using Sleuth.

By using Sleuth schools can:
• Quickly identify where a behaviour policy is unclear
• Monitor the impact of changes to policy on practice
• Review policy frequently to ensure it is applied consistently in practice
• Provide evidence that the behaviour policy works

A behaviour policy should be reviewed regularly and findings used to modify policy or practice accordingly. Using Sleuth you don’t need to set aside days to review your policy, you can conduct a thorough review in a matter of minutes.

Sleuth plays a major part in a school's self-evaluation and review process. By collecting, analysing and reporting behaviour Sleuth provides all the evidence required for an audit or review of practice. It is also routinely used to demonstrate to Ofsted that a school is taking appropriate steps to improve behaviour.

Self-Evaluation and Reviewing Policy are just two examples of how Sleuth can be used, it is also used to:

• Monitor Interventions
• Manage Referrals
• Manage Rewards
• Manage Detentions
• Support Transition
• Manage your SEAL Programme
• Support SEN