The Department for Education commissioned the National Centre for Social Research to undertake a rapid review of the research on how teachers’ practices are established and shaped and what influences their adoption of new practice, particularly in relation to managing behaviour. The majority of teachers manage behaviour well. However, this commission stems from a particular concern that although there are
some well-known, simple and effective approaches to behaviour management, not all teachers implement these practices. The Department for Education therefore wants to know what might be effective in increasing teachers’ use of effective approaches to behaviour management.