The move, under public consultation, has been taken due to “a shameful number of cases of mistreatment against vulnerable pupils" having "come to light under the guise of 'reasonable force and restraint'", according to education minister Stephen Morgan.
This is the first update to the guidance on reasonable force in schools since 2013 and the government looks to legislate to mandate schools to record and report “each significant incident where force is used”.
Recent incidents have included autistic children being restrained by the neck and thrown to the floor, according to a BBC investigation into a London school last year.
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