How to achieve whole school behaviour change
Organisations that want to successfully embed behaviour change must go through three stages – Define, Train and Sustain.
Define
What? Establish your vision for behaviour. Simplify the structures, policies and procedures that impact whole school behaviour. Define visible staff behaviours. Make sure that processes and systems are easy for staff to follow and remember.
How? Behaviour Healthcheck, Behaviour Blueprint
Who? Senior Leaders
Train
What? Whole staff behaviour change training. Focus on adult mindset and building a culture of outstanding behaviour. Training persuades adults of the approach and provide simple, practical routines and habits to embed.
How? Whole school INSET
Who? Full staff
Sustain
What? Developing expertise in behaviour on your current team. Creating capacity on your staff team to train, support, coach and mentor staff on an ongoing basis. Creating behaviour champions to inspire and lead whole school behaviour change.
How? Pivotal Curriculum Instructor Training
Who? Identified behaviour champions
Book a Whole School Behaviour Change Package
Let Pivotal lead you through every step of the ‘Define, Train, Sustain’ process with our Whoosh or Soar behaviour packages.
By booking a whole school behaviour change package, you save money and increase value. Your own dedicated training team and a cohesive, tailored approach to achieving outstanding behaviour in your school.
Define: Behaviour Blueprint Training for Senior Leaders

Get a free taste of the Behaviour Blueprint training

The simple framework that will allow you to map out and define the adult behaviours you want to see – the first step to achieving whole school behaviour change.
Paul Dix will show you the main pitfalls to avoid and share the one secret that will change the culture of your school in two weeks.
Train: Looking for Behaviour Management INSET?
Improve classroom management skills and provide a powerful catalyst for a transformation in culture, through Pivotal behaviour management training.
Help your staff to develop truly consistent behaviour practice to enable whole school behaviour change. Inspire and motivate staff to change and improve: even those staff who are the most entrenched in their own cycles of negative behaviour.
Book training for all staff in all aspects of behaviour management and classroom management, working with the angry learner, restorative practices, mental health, and special educational needs. Tailored training is available for senior leaders and middle leaders as well as full staff. Let us advise you on how you go about achieving whole school behaviour change.
Increase impact and sustainability by booking a training and support package : Lift, Whoosh and Soar! Find out about the Pivotal Approach to Behaviour Management.
Ollie Frith: Head of Training
Looking for INSET at the start of term?
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Sustain: Train your own in-house Instructor to embed behaviour change
Investing in Pivotal Instructor training has been the best use of our CPD budget.
Sarah Kieran
Let us train one or more members of staff to be Licensed Pivotal Instructors. Your Licensed Instructor can deliver the Pivotal Curriculum for Behaviour and Safety to your colleagues. We train the instructor intensively and support them continually.
We have a three year programme or a fast track programme – you can choose the option that fits best with your priorities and budget.
The model is utterly flexible and sustainable. It allows you to develop a consistency of practice across the whole staff and to run training whenever you need it. New staff can be trained exactly the same way that current staff have been.
This blended approach combines training led by your in-house Instructor with self-paced online modules to allow you to create a flexible programme of CPD that works for your school or college. Embed the Pivotal approach and achieve whole organisation behaviour change.
Don’t just take our word for it…
Read these case studies to find out about whole-organisation behaviour change during and after Pivotal Projects in primary, secondary and FE.
Primary School Case Study
Hugh Myddleton Primary School in London have experienced a transformation of behaviour. In their recent Outstanding Ofsted report, behaviour was cited as ‘impeccable’.
Look at the data and read the case study to see how the Pivotal Approach was embedded.
Secondary School Case Study
The headteacher of Enfield Secondary Tuition Centre, PRU, talks about the massive change that occured in her previous school during and after the Pivotal behaviour project.
Read the story to learn about the school’s journey and the long-term impact of the approach.
FE College Case Study
Oldham Sixth Form College has embedded the Pivotal Approach across all staff, demonstrating the impact of the the Pivotal training model in further education.
Read the story, look at the data and listen to their in-house Pivotal Instructors on the podcast.
“Pivotal Behaviour Blueprint session this afternoon in full swing and inspiring different thinking!” #LessIsMore #BehaviourBlueprint
@COBSPRU
“Just finished my final placement and used the Pivotal handshake idea. Was a massive success! Thank you! #30DayPivotalChallenge
@MissMcGrathPHS