Most teachers or school leaders are already kind. The harder part — and the rarer one — is being clear at the same time. Clear on what's expected. Clear on what happens next. Clear every time.
Only good teachers or school leaders want to get better. If you're reading this, that's you. The warmth is there. What tends to be missing is the clarity — a shared language, a consistent system, students who know exactly what is expected of them and exactly what will happen if they don't meet it.
Clarity without a relationship is just rules. Students follow them when someone is watching, and stop the moment they're not. But a relationship without clarity doesn't get the results children need either. The two have to work together — and that's a teachable, transferable skill.
That's the idea the book is built on. These articles show you what it looks like in practice.
Most training addresses one. The schools that improve fastest look at all four.
Some students find it genuinely hard to follow reasonable instructions. Understanding why changes how we respond.
Sometimes the problem isn't individual students. It's the combination. Class dynamics are real, and they're manageable.
The most directly improvable factor in behaviour is what teachers do: their expectations, their consistency, their relationships.
The most overlooked factor is what leadership does. A great teacher in a weak system is fighting with one hand tied behind their back.
The Future Behaviour approach works on all four, at every level of the school.
Most behaviour training tells you what to do. We stay until you're doing it.
We help schools agree on what good looks like: clear expectations, consistent responses, fair recognition. Simple enough for every adult to use.
Buy-in isn't given. It's built. We make the case honestly, for teachers, support staff and lunchtime supervisors, so everyone pulls in the same direction.
Strategies are only as good as their delivery. We train, model and coach until the approach is real classroom practice, not just a document in a policy folder.
Comprehensive behaviour training for the entire staff body. This is where we started and where we do our best work.
Delivered in over 500 schools across the country. £299 + travel. A cost-effective way to see our approach in action and train your whole lunchtime team.
Flexible sessions for individual teachers and leaders, often after school, with no need for supply cover.
We also run regular behaviour courses for staff across different schools, a great way to build skills without committing to a whole-school day.
I'm Greg Perry, founder of Future Behaviour. My new book, Kind and Clear, is the framework I've spent fifteen years refining. It's built around one idea: the best teachers and schools are kind and clear at the same time. Not as a personality trait, as a teachable, transferable skill.
My background spans primary, secondary, and FE, including senior leadership and SENCo roles. I've delivered national training, written widely on behaviour, and coached hundreds of school leaders.
If you're ready to move past firefighting and build a calmer, more consistent culture for your school, let's talk.
Kind and Clear: The Real Secret to Behaviour Management is coming soon. Register your interest and we'll send you the first chapter the moment it's ready.
No commitment. Just a conversation about what your school needs.