Member

Amendments 502YX and 502YY would require the Secretary of State to publish an annual report on the impact of behaviour on both teacher recruitment and pupil attainment. We are very keen to see the annual behaviour survey being continued. The former Minister in the other place was not clear in Committee whether this would be the case, so I would be grateful if the Minister could confirm today that it will be continued. We know from a range of different polls, including Teacher Tapp, that behaviour is one of the biggest factors driving teachers out of the profession. For pupils, it is crucial, with the last behaviour survey showing that on average one-quarter of learning time is lost to poor behaviour. That is equivalent to 44 days per year. It is crucial that there is real visibility on this issue. As Peps Mccrea, the founder of Steplab, wrote,