Ready to Learn (RTL) is a controversial[note 1] zero-tolerance behaviour policy template used in some British secondary schools.[1][2] Under RTL, students receive a warning for any minor infraction; on committing a second minor infraction, they are sent to an "isolation" room for five lessons (looping around to the next day if necessary) and a one-hour detention after school. This is described as an "extremely simple, binary system".[2][3]
Ready to Learn was developed by Henbury School in Bristol in 2016.[1][2][3] It has since been adopted by many other academies nationally. Some schools have implemented RTL under alternative names, making it challenging to estimate the extent of its usage.[note 2]
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- ^ a b Stapleton, Kerry (March 2024). 'Pupil resistance to the Ready to Learn behaviour system in British secondary schools, 2016–2023' (BA thesis, University of Oxford)
- ^ a b c Grant, Michal (25 August 2022). 'Zero-tolerance behaviour policy may be contributing to exclusion of Bristol’s most vulnerable students', The Bristol Cable
- ^ a b Knight, Jim (7 February 2017). "'The day I visited an isolation room - and realised that the strict behaviour strategy was working'". Times Educational Supplement.