Behaviour Management Policy

Behaviour Management Policy

At our setting, we aim to provide care that makes every child feel accepted, valued, and confident, whatever their individual needs may be. We believe that a positive, supportive environment encourages children to develop friendly, helpful, and respectful behaviour.

Our Golden Rules

Children have helped to create the rules we follow together:

  • Listen when someone is talking
  • Keep things tidy
  • Walk carefully indoors
  • Use good manners
  • Be kind to everyone
  • Share and take turns
  • Use kind hands and feet
  • Be helpful

These simple rules give children the security of knowing what to expect and help them build lifelong positive habits.

Our Approach

  • Positive role models – Practitioners demonstrate good behaviour by speaking calmly, showing kindness, and modelling sharing, turn-taking, and respect.
  • Positive experiences – We make play enjoyable and rewarding so every child feels a sense of success and belonging.
  • Encouragement and praise – Good behaviour is consistently recognised and rewarded through verbal praise and, when appropriate, reward systems such as stickers.
  • Distraction and redirection – If unwanted behaviour occurs, practitioners will calmly redirect the child’s focus and explain consequences clearly at their level of understanding.
  • Supportive responses – When behaviour is unacceptable, practitioners will seek to understand the cause and support the child in finding better ways to respond. Children are always reminded that it is the behaviour, not the child, that is unacceptable.
  • Consistency – Practitioners will always follow through and deal with incidents fully to ensure fairness and security for all children.

Working Together

  • Bullying of any kind is not tolerated, including behaviour based on sex, race, religion, or disability. Incidents will be addressed immediately.
  • Recurring behavioural concerns will be discussed with parents/carers. Observations may be used to help identify causes and support strategies.
  • If external advice or support is needed, parents/carers will always be consulted first.
  • Confidentiality will always be maintained.

Physical Intervention

Physical intervention will only ever be used in exceptional circumstances—specifically to prevent:

  • Personal injury to a child, another child, or an adult
  • Serious damage to property
If physical intervention is necessary:
  • It will be recorded in detail
  • Parents/carers will be informed the same day
  • Ofsted will be notified