The chief executive of Advantage Schools has been appointed as a government behaviour adviser.
Stuart Lock has joined five existing advisors working on the Department for Education’s £10 million behaviour hubs programme.
Led by behaviour tsar Tom Bennett, they train schools to better tackle classroom disruption.
Lock’s £27,500, 28-month contract is paid to the trust, which has four schools in Bedfordshire. Bedford Free School is one of the lead behaviour hubs.