The STEP-UP Approach

The STEP-UP Approach is a comprehensive scheme to support schools to achieve effective behaviour management through a simple step-by-step approach.

The approach achieves this by encouraging schools to adopt a policy to behaviour management which is simple, effective and yet sustainable. It focuses on schools setting up effective systems for school rules, correctives and rewards linked to a whole-school positive behaviour policy. Using tried and tested strategies throughout the approach, it endeavours to show schools how to plan, implement and monitor these systems. The STEP-UP Approach includes the SUP (Step-Up Programme) to help individual students recognise and manage their behaviour. This part of the approach can be used independently to enhance existing good practices or as part of a whole-school policy to managing students’ behaviour. It focuses upon students reflecting on their behaviour and identifying the correct way forward. It also looks at the school environment and shows schools how a positive learning culture can influence how students behave in school.