School leaders are facing increasingly complex SEMH needs, rising pressure around behaviour and inclusion, and more uncertainty about what effective support should look like in practice.

In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, you’ll hear what schools are telling us right now about SEMH leadership, why it can feel so difficult, and what leaders need in order to move forward confidently with SEMH and behaviour.

You’ll also find out about Beacon School Support’s first National SEMH Conference and how it can help you move SEMH forward in your school – perfect for school leaders looking for practical guidance, strategic frameworks and real strategies they can use in school.

Book your tickets to the National SEMH Conference - 7th October 2026 - at Millennium Point in Birmingham

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Some behaviour problems don’t start with defiance, disruption or poor emotional control. They actually start when pupils use relationships to humiliate or exclude another child in their friendship group.

In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, you’ll discover how Relational Aggression affects pupils in both primary and secondary schools, why it’s so easy for adults to miss and how it can drive anxiety, dysregulation and sudden changes in behaviour.

You’ll also find out how the PAIN Framework can help understand what’s really driving the behaviours of both the victim and the aggressor - and respond in a way that helps breaks the pattern in future.

Important links:

Get our FREE SEND Behaviour Handbook: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/send-handbook

Download other FREE behaviour resources for use in school: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/resources.php

Save £250 on National SEMH Conference tickets with Super Early Bird
Super Early Bird tickets for the National SEMH Conference end soon, giving you £250 off each place. Join us in October 2026 for a full day of practical workshops focused on the SEMH, behaviour, SEND and inclusion pressures schools are facing right now. Book your Super Early Bird place here before the offer ends.

Have you noticed some pupils seem more anxious, avoidant or dysregulated at this time of year - even when nothing obvious has changed in the classroom?

In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, you’ll learn why exams, transition days, new classes, secondary transfer and end-of-year changes can increase anxiety for pupils.

You’ll discover why some children aren’t just reacting to what’s happening now - they’re reacting to what they think is coming next. Plus we’ll look at how anticipatory anxiety can show up as behaviour, from reassurance-seeking and withdrawal to refusal, irritability, silliness or emotional outbursts.

Most importantly, you’ll learn a simple three-step approach to support pupils before anxiety reaches crisis point.

If you work with pupils who struggle around exams, transition or change, this episode will help you understand what’s happening underneath the behaviour - and what to do next.

Important links:

Get your FREE Beacon School Support guide to helping children manage their strong emotions

Get our FREE SEND Behaviour Handbook: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/send-handbook

Download other FREE behaviour resources for use in school: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/resources.php

Save £250 on National SEMH Conference tickets with Super Early Bird
Super Early Bird tickets for the National SEMH Conference end soon, giving you £250 off each place. Join us in October 2026 for a full day of practical workshops focused on the SEMH, behaviour, SEND and inclusion pressures schools are facing right now. Book your Super Early Bird place here before the offer ends.

Got a tricky class that feels harder to teach than it should?

Sometimes the problem isn’t one big behaviour issue - it’s the smaller repeated issues that drain everyone’s attention, patience and energy.

In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, we look at why some classes feel so difficult to manage, how problematic routines can create hidden workload for teachers and pupils, and why simply telling pupils what to do once is rarely enough.

You’ll discover why children don’t always transfer good behaviour from one classroom to another, and how clear, practised routines can lower everyone’s stress and make lessons feel calmer and easier to teach.

Important links:

Get your copy of the Classroom Management Scoresheet: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/classroom-management-scoresheet

Download other FREE behaviour resources for use in school: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/resources

Save £250 on National SEMH Conference tickets with Super Early Bird
Super Early Bird tickets for the National SEMH Conference end soon, giving you £250 off each place. Join us in October 2026 for a full day of practical workshops focused on the SEMH, behaviour, SEND and inclusion pressures schools are facing right now. Book your Super Early Bird place here before the offer ends.

Have you ever had a pupil come back from lunch looking fine - only to refuse work, argue, shout or completely fall apart minutes later?

In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, we explore why lunchtime isn’t always a break for every pupil. You’ll learn how social stress, sensory overload, unresolved conflict and tricky transitions can build up during lunch - then spill over into the afternoon lesson.

We’ll also look at what schools can do to make lunchtimes calmer, support vulnerable pupils more proactively and help children return to class ready to learn.

Plus, you’ll find out how to download our free resource: 6 Immediate Lunchtime Behaviour Fixes.

Important links:

Get our FREE download 6 Immediate Lunchtime Fixes: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/lunchtime-behaviour-fixes

Download other FREE behaviour resources for use in school: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/resources.php

Save £250 on National SEMH Conference tickets with Super Early Bird
Super Early Bird tickets for the National SEMH Conference end soon, giving you £250 off each place. Join us in October 2026 for a full day of practical workshops focused on the SEMH, behaviour, SEND and inclusion pressures schools are facing right now. Book your Super Early Bird place here before the offer ends.

Have you ever used a behaviour strategy that worked brilliantly in the moment - only to find the same behaviour came back again the next day? And the next?

In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, we explore why some short-term behaviour strategies appear to work because they reduce the immediate tension but can accidentally teach pupils or whole classes habits that make behaviour harder in the long run.

Most importantly, you’ll discover three simple questions that help break the cycle and move you – and your students - forwards.

Important links:

Get our FREE SEND Behaviour Handbook: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/send-handbook

Download other FREE behaviour resources for use in school: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/resources.php

Save £250 on National SEMH Conference tickets with Super Early Bird
Super Early Bird tickets for the National SEMH Conference end soon, giving you £250 off each place. Join us in October 2026 for a full day of practical workshops focused on the SEMH, behaviour, SEND and inclusion pressures schools are facing right now. Book your Super Early Bird place here before the offer ends.

Are the quiet, compliant pupils in your classroom genuinely regulated - or just holding everything together?

In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, we explore the important tension between compliance and regulation. Because while schools absolutely need routines, boundaries and clear expectations, “doing what we asked” doesn’t always mean a pupil is calm, settled or coping underneath.

You’ll learn why some pupils can appear fine in school but collapse at home, how masking and shutdown can be mistaken for good behaviour, and why visible compliance can sometimes hide anxiety, sensory overload, confusion or fear of getting things wrong.

By the end, you’ll have a clearer way to spot pupils who may be quietly struggling and support them without lowering expectations or removing important boundaries.

Important links:

Get our FREE SEND Behaviour Handbook: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/send-handbook

Download other FREE behaviour resources for use in school: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/resources.php

Save £250 on National SEMH Conference tickets with Super Early Bird
Super Early Bird tickets for the National SEMH Conference end soon, giving you £250 off each place. Join us in October 2026 for a full day of practical workshops focused on the SEMH, behaviour, SEND and inclusion pressures schools are facing right now. Book your Super Early Bird place here before the offer ends.

What should you do when a pupil looks you in the eye, shrugs and says, “I don’t care”? It’s one of those classroom moments that can easily pull adults into a power battle. But while they sound disrespectful or deliberately provocative - what if those three words are not the whole story?

In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, we explore what pupils might really be communicating when they say, “I don’t care,” why taking the words at face value can lead us in the wrong direction, and what to say and do when a pupil uses them to pull you into a confrontation.

If you work with pupils who appear disengaged or hard to reach, and want to understand what’s really driving their behaviour, this episode will help you respond in a way that de-escalates tensions and opens the door to their re-engagement.

Important links:

Check our Behaviour 360 here: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/behaviour_360

Download other FREE behaviour resources for use in school: https://beaconschoolsupport.co.uk/resources.php

Save £250 on National SEMH Conference tickets with Super Early Bird
Super Early Bird tickets for the National SEMH Conference end soon, giving you £250 off each place. Join us in October 2026 for a full day of practical workshops focused on the SEMH, behaviour, SEND and inclusion pressures schools are facing right now. Book your Super Early Bird place here before the offer ends.