The government’s adviser on pupil behaviour has called for schools to be more supportive of children making the transition from primary to secondary education, in a bid to reduce exclusions.

Speaking at the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) annual conference, Charlie Taylor, author of a government-commissioned review into behaviour, said staff need to be more attuned to the culture change that pupils experience between primary and secondary school.

He said: “You go from a fluffy, one-teacher primary class to a situation where you are asked to be in seven or eight different places in the course of a day, moving around a busy building and being taught by seven or eight teachers.”

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