More than six weeks of lesson time may have been lost to misbehaviour over the last year, the government’s first-ever national behaviour survey has found.
The research, dubbed a “huge wake-up” for the sector, also revealed the health and wellbeing of 60 per cent of teachers had been impacted.
It found around a quarter of youngsters only felt safe at school on “some days” or at no point in the week before they were quizzed.
DfE behaviour tsar Tom Bennett, who helped pen the report, said the results show “we need to refocus our efforts on making sure schools are safe for all”.
