Behaviour Cost Calculator — Robb Falls Consultancy

Classroom

Class size

Incidents per day involving challenging behaviour

Average minutes lost per incident

Teaching days per week

Teaching weeks per year

Staff Costs

Class teacher annual salary (£)

Number of support staff involved

Support staff annual salary (£)

Senior leader time per week (minutes)

Senior leader annual salary (£)

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Fill in your numbers and hit Calculate to see your school's behaviour cost breakdown.

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Severity Rating

What the research says

Time Lost

Teacher time per week

Teacher time per year

Support staff time per week

Leadership time per week

Total staff time per week

Each pupil loses an estimated

of learning time per year

Annual Cost to School

Teacher salary cost

Support staff cost

Leadership cost

Total annual cost

Based on salary-weighted hourly rates. Does not include supply cover, incident documentation, or reputational cost.

What is challenging behaviour
actually costing your school?