Today’s discussion is prompted by the Bill Rogers interview that recently appeared in the TES titled: ‘Bill Rogers: Where we are going wrong on behaviour’.

Matt and Femi discuss:

• The problem of COVID and re-victimising students

• Teacher’s being inclined to appease students rather than lead on behaviour.

• If you’re not in control it’s not a safe environment

• Relationships and how to respond and relate to students

• How do things change when you know the causative pathology for the a student’s antisocial behaviour

• Curriculum for behaviour, and the problem of differing conceptions of what teachers mean by poor behaviour

• Restorative conversations

• The power of behaviour routines (and the risk that they become performative)

• And the unhelpful contributions of commentators who do not understand schools and classrooms