Education Secretary Gavin Williamson launched the consultation in June to seek views on issues including the use of so-called “removal rooms”, plans to create “calm classrooms” and the banning of mobile phones in schools.
It will also gather responses from schools about “how and when they might decide to transfer a pupil to another school in their best interest, known as managed moves”.
However, responses to the six-week consultation, which closed on 10 August, raise concerns over the impact of proposals on children with SEND.
Teachers’ union The NASWUT says in its response to the consultation that it was “concerned” to hear of the ongoing use of so-called removal rooms as a punishment for vulnerable children and those with additional needs.
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