PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk

Record and report use of isolation and behaviour rooms for discipline

Require schools to record and report every use of isolation or behaviour rooms for disciplinary reasons, including duration, reason, and whether the pupil has SEND.

Signatures

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Government response threshold (10,000) · 21/10,000

Debate threshold (100,000) · 21/100,000

Petition progress2 events · Mar – Apr 2026

30 APR 2026
Petition rejected
already-happening
According to statutory guidance from the Department for Education, governing bodies of maintained schools and the proprietors of other schools already must ensure that a procedure is in place for recording each seclusion or restraint incident as part of the school’s duty under the Schools (Recording and Reporting of Seclusion and Restraint) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2025. This must be recorded and reported. You can read more about this here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6943dad6501cdd438f4cf5aa/Restrictive_interventions_including_use_of_reasonable_force_in_schools.pdf
23 MAR 2026
Petition created

Background

Pupils are often removed from lessons into isolation or behaviour rooms for discipline, sometimes repeatedly, leading to significant loss of education. There is no consistent national requirement to record how often this occurs, how long pupils miss teaching, or whether vulnerable groups such as pupils with SEND are disproportionately affected. Recording and reporting would improve transparency, safeguarding and accountability.