Behaviour expert John Bayley visits a Secondary Learning Support Team to give advice on how to provide effective teacher support when managing pupil behaviour. Jane Rixson, a mum with grown up children, used to be the senior science technician at Bishop Stopford's School in north London, before training four years ago as a HTLA. Now, she works closely with science NQT Rakesh Ram. Their main problem is consistency - especially with one of the school's Year 7 classes. Sometimes the children are angelic but at other times they are noisy, hard to keep focused and disrespectful of each other's work. Despite the unpredictable behaviour, Bayley is struck by the excellent collaborative working relationship between Jane and teacher Rakesh. Jane confidently takes responsibility for teaching the starter at the front, whilst Rakesh patrols the floor dealing with the needs of individual pupils. John Bayley suggests a number of strategies to make behaviour more consistent.

Video Series: Bayley's Behaviour for TAs
Release Date 2008