The article presents the directions and the content of scientific and methodical support of the upbringing process in school. The analysis involved the study of mass and advanced experience of schools in the sphere of upbringing, examination, generalization, comparison, interpretation and systematization. These methods were chosen to address the theoretical research objectives. The directions of scientific and methodical support of the upbringing process in school required to study the mass experience of schools were identified, as were the best practices in upbringing. There were analyzed, summarized and systematized. Each aspect of this support was identified on the basis of the analysis and theoretical generalization of the data obtained. The scientific and methodical support of the upbringing process can be developed in several directions and at different levels. At the state level, it is connected, inter alia, with software (an example is the ‘Approximate upbringing program’); at the level of higher education, initially it can be associated with the definition of the theoretical foundations for the preparation of future teachers for upbringing activities in the general education system, with the development of updated content of textbooks and manuals on the theory and methods of upbringing; while at the level of the advanced training system it is associated with the development of its principles, new programs and the search for interactive forms of teachers’ training. The novelty of the research is in the determination of the main directions and content of the scientific and methodical support of the upbringing process in school. The results make it possible to form the scientific and methodical support of the upbringing process in school at different levels. Based on the basic provisions of the scientific school of Academician of the Russian Academy of Education L.I. Novikova Systematic approach to the upbringing and socialization of children and youth the results enable professionals to carry out the necessary changes in the sphere of upbringing, taking into account modern social challenges.