Behaviour support

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    The BSS acts as the co-ordinator of a series of service areas. These include New Directions, a full time centre providing education, social and health support for young people from 10 - 16 presenting emotional, social and behavioural difficulties. The Pupil Referral units cover Primary, KS3 and KS4. There is also a small, multidisciplinary outreach service to Primary and Secondary schools.

    BSS continues to co-ordinate the Behaviour and Attendance (B&A) strand of Excellence in Cities (formally BIP) and the same strand in the new KS3 Teaching and Learning Strategy.

    On the basis of planning meetings with headteachers and lead behaviour professionals the outreach component of BSS can offer support and training to schools in the following areas:

    • audits, policy and protocol guidance on inclusion, behaviour and attendance;
    • integrating positive behaviour and classroom management into teaching and learning - specifically focused on KS3 over the coming academic year;
    • work with departments and in the classroom to implement positive management strategies;
    • support for individual teachers, NQTs and new teachers to Islington in focused courses and in the classroom;
    • group work in anger management, social skills, study skills, bullying and harassment etc; and
    • individual pupil support.

    Contact details:

    • PRUs and New Directions please contact Carole Newman
    • Secondary Outreach and KS3 B&A strand please contact Pravahi Osman
    • Primary Outreach please contact allocated team member for your school
    • EiC B&A strand or general outreach issues please contact Brian Heron.

    0207 527 5711