Behaviour Safety Governance for Multi-Academy Trusts

Supporting trusts to deliver safe, consistent and legally defensible behaviour practice.

Many trusts discover that behaviour thresholds, documentation and staff response vary significantly between schools — creating avoidable governance risk.

The Positive Handling Academy Behaviour Safety Framework helps trusts align behaviour practice across schools, strengthening safety, consistency and defensibility.

Pupil Exclusions the Problems Behind Them & Why Happening

The Challenge Across Many Trusts

Across many Multi-Academy Trusts:

  • Behaviour thresholds vary between schools
  • Incident recording is inconsistent
  • Staff confidence varies significantly

  • Trust leaders lack clear behaviour oversight

These variations create operational and governance risk.

The Trust Behaviour Safety Framework

Positive Handling Academy supports trusts to align behaviour systems using a structured four‑pillar framework.

Governance Assurance

Trust leaders can demonstrate behaviour practice is defensible and consistent.

System
Alignment

Behaviour thresholds and documentation are aligned across schools

Internal
Capacity

Each school develops an internal Behaviour Safety Lead.

Risk
Reduction

Focus on reducing escalation and improving staff confidence.

Who This Is For

This framework is designed primarily for Multi‑Academy Trusts

These trusts typically experience:

  • Variation in behaviour thresholds between schools
  • Inconsistent incident reporting

  • Differing staff training levels

  • Limited trust‑wide behaviour oversight

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Trust Behaviour Safety Framework Programme

A typical trust engagement includes:

  • Trust Alignment Workshop
  • Behaviour Safety Framework Toolkit

  • Behaviour Safety Lead Training
  • Annual Behaviour Assurance Review

Typical delivery time:
 3–4 days per trust.

About Positive Handling Academy

Positive Handling Academy supports schools and Multi‑Academy Trusts to improve behaviour safety, staff confidence and risk management.

The organisation works with education leaders to create consistent behaviour systems that protect staff and support pupils.

Core principle:

  • Training equips individuals.

  • System alignment protects organisations.

Training Services

These training programmes support schools and trusts implementing strong behaviour safety systems.

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Positive Handling Training

Aligned with Latest DFE guidance

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De‑escalation Training

Ensure your staff can de-escalate situations safely
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Staff Safety
Training

Presentations and talks can be delivered for organisations..

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Trust Behaviour Safety Review

If you are responsible for behaviour, safeguarding or school improvement across a trust, we can provide a short Behaviour Safety Review conversation.

This helps identify areas where behaviour systems may benefit from greater alignment.