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Information for Head Teachers and Governors
All schools should be concerned about anti social behaviour, whether it is happening inside or outside of the school.
Schools are expected to have Behaviour and Attendance Policies. Under the Street Crime Initiative, schools in some LEAs will also have Behaviour Improvement Plans (BIPs).
LEAs will also produce Behaviour Support Plans to outline arrangements in the area for the teaching and support of students with behavioural difficulties.
There are close correlations between asb and truancy, and many of the measures for tackling one will impact on the other. The new parenting orders and parenting contracts give head teachers and other agencies additional measures for tackling these problems.
Liaison with local police will help to ensure that known trouble makers or trouble areas can be addressed. Under recent legislation, there is now a wide range of tools that police can use to address anti social behaviour. These can include:
- Dispersal orders
- Confiscation of alcohol
- Penalty notices (including for truanting)
- Parenting orders
- Parenting contracts
- Child curfews
Where young people are attracting these type of interventions, they will come to the attention of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and the local Youth Offending Team (YOT). Schools can help to manage the response to asb by working with the YOT and other local organisations.
Head teachers and governors are well placed to act with other agencies in partnership to help to tackle anti social behaviour and other problems such as alcohol and drugs. Head teachers are welcome at community safety partnership (CSP) meetings. In addition, local councils now have Asb Coordinators who may come and work with your school to suggest ways to tackle particular problems. Youth Offending Teams, and the Youth Justice Board, are also well placed to assist in this.
Wiltshire YOT 01225 781202
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