ABSTRACT
Many years ago, there was a clear divide in secondary schools: heads of department were responsible for their subjects, heads of year or house heads were responsible for behaviour. Behaviour and learning are intricately entwined and cannot be separated out so easily. An effective behaviour regime is undoubtedly driven by strong senior leadership but middle leaders, both academic and pastoral, are key to ensuring consistent approaches across the school. Most schools offer guidance to help middle leaders manage behaviour and their interventions are normally part of the whole school behaviour policy. Behaviour cannot, of course, be separated from the quality of teaching. More often than not, good behaviour is the outcome of good teaching. It is therefore the job of the middle leader to ensure that every teacher in the department applies the behaviour policy consistently and, above all, fairly.
