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Updated DFE guidance around restrictive practice and the use of reasonable force

Is your school reviewing their behaviour system at the moment in response to the updated DFE guidance around restrictive practice and the use of reasonable force?

The DfE has made it statutory that all schools record and report behaviour incidents, but more than that to have evidence as to what has been actioned in regard to supporting the children and young people moving forward.

Leaders will also be asked to show clear oversight of behaviour incidents and evidence that staff are learning from them.

Behaviour Smart helps schools move beyond simple incident recording and actually demonstrate reflective practice and improvement.

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Why are thousands of schools switching to Behaviour Smart?

Behaviour Smart is an AI-powered behaviour and incident system for schools and care settings that logs incidents in seconds.

It uncovers patterns instantly, generates SMART behaviour support plans that improve behaviour and outcomes, as well as reduces behaviour incidents and disruption, supports safeguarding, engages with parents, provides inspection-ready evidence and links with your MIS and safeguarding platforms.

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Supporting behaviour incidents shouldn’t drain your time, it should empower your team to make a real difference.

Teachers, SENcos and leaders, or anyone who supports a child or young person has the tools and information needed to de-escalate incidents, implement proven and tested techniques and improve outcomes all within one centralised platform.

With Behaviour Smart, every action is backed by insight, guidance, and evidence.

Save Time and Reduce Admin
Stop drowning in paperwork. Our system streamlines incident recording and reporting, so staff can spend more time supporting children and less time on forms.
Gain Actionable Insights
AI‑powered analysis identifies patterns and trends across your setting, helping your team intervene early and make informed decisions that improve outcomes.
Support Safeguarding and Compliance
Keep accurate, secure, and accessible records for audits, inspections, and safeguarding reviews. Behaviour Smart ensures you’re always inspection-ready.
Personalise Support for Every Child
Create tailored behaviour plans automatically, aligned with each child’s needs. Promote positive behaviours and provide targeted support where it matters most.
Encourage Reflective Practice
Empower staff to learn from every incident with built-in reflection tools. Support professional development while continuously improving behaviour strategies.
Reduce Stress and Boost Confidence
With clear guidance, AI suggestions, and a reliable system at your fingertips, your team can act confidently, knowing they have the right support every step of the way.
Keep Parents Informed and Involved
Produces clear incident summaries that can be used to inform written parent communication (time/date, why it was necessary, what was used, degree of force, injuries, if any).
Save Time and Reduce Admin
Stop drowning in paperwork. Our system streamlines incident recording and reporting, so staff can spend more time supporting children and less time on forms.
Gain Actionable Insights
AI‑powered analysis identifies patterns and trends across your setting, helping your team intervene early and make informed decisions that improve outcomes.
Support Safeguarding and Compliance
Keep accurate, secure, and accessible records for audits, inspections, and safeguarding reviews. Behaviour Smart ensures you’re always inspection-ready.
Personalise Support for Every Child
Create tailored behaviour plans automatically, aligned with each child’s needs. Promote positive behaviours and provide targeted support where it matters most.
Encourage Reflective Practice
Empower staff to learn from every incident with built-in reflection tools. Support professional development while continuously improving behaviour strategies.
Reduce Stress and Boost Confidence
With clear guidance, AI suggestions, and a reliable system at your fingertips, your team can act confidently, knowing they have the right support every step of the way.
Keep Parents Informed and Involved
Produces clear incident summaries that can be used to inform written parent communication (time/date, why it was necessary, what was used, degree of force, injuries, if any).

91% of users most frequently use Incident Recording feature, with 64% also regularly using Physical Intervention Reports

Over 50% of users reported that Behaviour Smart has improved behaviour management and outcomes in their setting, with the remaining users indicating it is too soon to measure impact

Customers rated
Behaviour Smart – 4.6/5 overall

This data shows an incident reduction in term 1 of using it.

The AI features and behaviour plans are really effective in SEMH as they are constantly live – which prevents them from becoming a ‘tick box’ document that people don’t access etc.

We also use the AI tools for analysing data and reporting behaviour almost daily.

We are a SEMH school, 8-16 and have loved the change to Behaviour Smart.

Behaviour Smart helps turn insights into action for every learner

AI-Driven Insights & Intervention

Unlike traditional systems that merely record data, Behaviour Smart uses machine learning to actively improve outcomes:

  • Trigger Identification: Automatically identifies patterns and triggers behind distressed behaviour.
  • Proactive Alerts: Notifies staff of emerging patterns early, allowing for intervention before incidents escalate.
  • Evidence-Based Recommendations: Acts as a “24/7 behaviour expert,” providing instant, practical strategies for staff to use.

The platform bridges the gap between reporting an incident and taking action:

  • Instant Plan Generation: Automatically creates or updates tailored behaviour support plans immediately after an incident is logged.

  • Consistent Strategies: Equips all staff with a unified approach to managing an individual’s specific needs.

  • Inform policies and behaviour support planning: Highlights trends/patterns to help leaders evidence what’s happening, update approaches, and keep behaviour support plans grounded in real data (especially for pupils with SEND).

  • Parental Engagement: Allows for easy tracking and sharing of goals with parents with a single click.

This unique feature allows schools to measure what actually works:

  • Staff Feedback: Staff can rate how effective a specific intervention was during an incident.
  • Independent Scoring: The AI analyses these ratings to provide an “Effectiveness Score” for various responses, enabling data-backed adjustments to school-wide policies.

The system is designed to support staff development as much as student behaviour:

  • Post-Incident Learning (PIL): Uses a structured, research-grounded approach to help staff reflect on events and expand their toolkit of responses.
  • Trauma-Informed Focus: Built with a focus on connection and understanding the “why” behind the behaviour.

Designed specifically for the UK educational and care landscape:

  • MIS Integration: Connects via Wonde to popular UK Management Information Systems, keeping attendance, safeguarding, and behaviour data in sync.
  • Cross-Platform Accessibility: A mobile-first design allows for instant logging from any device (smartphones, tablets, or desktops).
  • Top-Tier Security: Cyber Essentials Certified and fully GDPR/DPA 2018 compliant, with data protection managed by Veritau.
  • Fast to deploy: Often in under an hour.

Team Teach recommends it because:

  • Turn methodology into daily practice: Applies Team Teach’s approach consistently across your organisation.

  • Goes beyond incident recording: Understand the why behind behaviour to drive better responses.

  • Create safer, more supportive environments: Use insight to improve behaviour support and outcomes.

  • Recommended by us: Designed to complement positive behaviour support and strengthen transformative practice.

Team Teach and Behaviour Smart are fully aligned with the Department for Education’s updated guidance on restrictive interventions and the use of reasonable force in schools, effective 1st April – giving your team confidence, compliance, and clarity while promoting positive behaviour support across your school or setting.

 

 

Behaviour Smart has significantly reduced the time spent completing and analysing our physical intervention/incident forms (previously we used paper forms and manual analysis). We are an Independent Special School for children with SEMH needs, and it is vital that we can look at incidents objectively over time to improve how we support our extremely vulnerable pupils, whilst also not increasing workload for staff.

Behaviour Smart has given us that in a very easy-to-use software package with excellent after-sales support.

Faye – Headteacher
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I use Behaviour Smart to record and analyse behaviour of children with complex needs.

It is a comprehensive recording tool which is also flexible in allowing you to configure it to reflect the specific needs and systems in place in your service. It tracks behaviours and uses the data inputted to produce comprehensive and personalised behaviour plans.

I would highly recommend it. The support from Dean and his tech team is great too!!”

Judith – Exec. Deputy Head
Evergreen Primary School

Behaviour Smart has the power to be transformative in terms of improving behaviour in schools.

Not only does it provide plans for students but support and advice for colleagues in terms of best ways of working with young people.

The support from Dean who developed the software is amazing – nothing is too much trouble and his expertise around whole school behaviour is superb.

This is someone who walks the talk and knows from experience what it’s like to work in challenging environments.

Great product! Great support!

Emma Lambden – Headteacher
The Thirsk School, Thirsk

Why Behaviour Smart?

Behaviour Smart is not just about collecting data or manually analysing data. Behaviour Smart is a powerful tool built by behaviour specialists (not generic software teams) and designed for real-world practice, so the workflows and guidance reflect what actually works in schools and care settings.

The platform empowers schools, special schools, alternative provision and children’s homes to turn every recorded incident into meaningful action, improving outcomes for students, young people and staff.

Most systems stop at recording behaviour. Behaviour Smart goes further, it improves behaviour outcomes, reduces admin burden, builds stronger safeguarding evidence, identifies triggers and provides instant, practical recommendations.

Post incident, staff are guided through focused, structured reflection prompts to evaluate their responses, consider alternative approaches, and strengthen future decision-making, driving better outcomes for young people and greater confidence for staff.

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