Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Thursday, 16 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 June 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Thursday, 23 June 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Classroom Behaviour

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assistance her Department is giving to schools in Coventry South constituency to promote good behaviour in the classroom.

Answer: Our secondary strategy gives all secondary schools in Coventry access to high-quality behaviour management training materials and support from a DfES-funded behaviour management consultant. Our primary strategy is giving all primary schools access to high-quality training and curriculum materials to improve children's social, emotional and behavioural skills.In addition:"Our Excellence in Cities programme provides Coventry with extra funding (£3.2 million this year), about half of which can be used to fund Learning Mentors and Learning Support Units to support pupils with challenging behaviour and their schools. Seven of the current EiC schools are in Coventry South. All the secondary schools in the constituency will benefit from EiC funding from this September.""Our Behaviour Improvement Programme provides Coventry with further additional funding (£1.5 million this year) to support selected schools facing the greatest behaviour challenges. Three of these schools are in the Coventry South constituency."

Secondary information