Who is Northern Ireland’s new school behaviour tsar?

His review of behaviour in schools in England was published in 2017.

It said a culture of good behaviour must be well-established in schools, which should include clear rules, consequences, sanctions and rewards.

When asked by BBC News NI whether he thought that many schools were not strict enough, Bennett said strict was a loaded word but that schools needed “to make sure to do what they said they were going to do”.

He said that meant “clear boundaries” and “predictable consequences”.

“The core of behaviour management is teaching people how to do the right thing,” he said.

“But you do need to have boundaries and you do need to have penalties and children need that more than most people.”

That included removing students from class, detentions, expulsions and other sanctions.

He said: “There needs to be a system of that, but it needs to be a predictable system, it can’t just be ‘I feel like it,’ or ‘I’m cross.’

“The schools need to be as rigorous as possible.

“There needs to be a wee bit of wriggle room round the edges for children who need additional support.

“But I always use the comparison of the roads – everybody should drive on the correct side of the road and keep to the speed limit, but there are exceptions and exemptions like emergency services vehicles.”