Year 7 ds keeps getting bad behaviour points

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He has 8 so far since he started in September and according to the school's behaviour policy if he gets 10 (presumably this is in one year but it isn't clear) then the school will call us on for a meeting, there will be interventions, referral to early help etc.

I know ds is no angel. He has adhd and has a tendency to speak/do first and then think afterwards. Every time he gets a behaviour point I talk to him about what he should have done. He agrees and then does it again. We are living with the in-laws at the moment while our house is having building work done which doesn't help as we are overcrowded but dh takes him back to our house every day to play on his trampoline and I take him to the park/soft play every weekend. It does help with his behaviour but it's not enough.

Is there anything else I could be doing to help him. It's low level disruption, anti social behaviour he is getting the behaviour points for so nothing severe but it's happening a lot which I know is just as bad as doing something really bad 1 time.

Probably depends on what the school awards them for and how many they get before extra measures are considered.
Op said 10 was a threshold when other intervention was considered. So like money depends what they're worth?

every time he gets a behavior point take a device away for a longer period of time each time that will teach em

Yes of course, I wonder why no one has suggested this miracle cure for adhd before!

OP my son with adhd is over 60 behaviour points if that helps. It is soul destroying but getting on the front foot with school is a good idea (we left it too long as it was undiagnosed in y7). Meds have helped. High school is overwhelming and over stimulating for many children with adhd.

OP his grades are probably dropping as he can't focus in a high school environment. It's very different from primary. Teachers have a huge task with teens without lots of low level disruption. I volunteer coach a big group with an in medicated ADHD child in. It's incredibly hard work as the child, although lovely, is never on task, does his own thing, disrupts others etc It's hard to teach someone who is constantly doing something else. He takes up more of my time than the 15 other children.
He'll continue to drop grades if you don't get this sorted.
I'd urge you to consider meds.
I am being blunt as I have an ADHD child myself. Meds have transformed high school life & grades.