July 2017

How a pioneering school helps children control their rage

How a pioneering school helps children control their rage

For most schoolchildren, misbehavior ends with some kind of punishment; the naughty step, detention, suspension or exclusion. However, in Hertfordshire a pioneering school for vulnerable young children is turning that approach on its head. Instead of dishing out punishments, Haywood Grove school in Hemel Hempstead is encouraging pupils to regulate their own behavior and sort out their own problems.