Schools: Restraint Techniques
Commons · Question 118606 · Tabled 6 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of the use of (i) physical restraint and (ii) isolation practices in schools; what steps her Department
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 23 Mar 2026
The government recognises that the use of restrictive interventions, such as physical restraint and seclusion, can have a significant and long-lasting effect on the pupils, staff members and parents involved, as well as other class members.For this reason...