Yesterday I shared a photo from staff training where we practised line ups.

Line ups are a small but important routine that that support our school culture.

The backlash has been surprising and disappointing so let me explain why we do them, what we do and why it works!

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https://twitter.com/mrcolesdrama/status/1941054360555082110

We’re really clear that line ups aren’t about control, they’re about culture.

They help us set a positive tone that is calm, dignified and inclusive where every child knows what to expect.

Our training focused on them being warm and led with a positive and friendly tone.

Can we run leadership meetings that are focused, don’t waste time and lead to action?!

Here’s how we approach SLT meetings at my school!👇

1/11 Firstly, we have just one leadership team meeting per week. This lasts 45 minutes and is snappy, highly structured and focuses purely on agreeing decisions and actions.

We also have daily 8am briefings but these are just updates to anticipate the day ahead. 2/11

Most teachers say that student behaviour is worst during break and lunchtimes (57% in a recent @TeacherTapp survey).

This was certainly the case at my school so we completely changed our break and lunch routines to sort it out.

Here’s what we did…👇 1/16 It was clear a moan in assembly would have no impact on behaviour so instead we assembled a small team to consider how we could run breaks and lunches better.

We wanted to develop a system to that wouldn’t just reduce misbehaviour, it would foster positive behaviour! 2/16