Two years ago, at the age of eight, Carl threw a chair at his teacher and stabbed a girl in the face with a pencil. The injured girl was rushed to hospital and Carl was excluded from his primary school in Islington, North London.
Another school offered him a place but, after a series of fights, he was again thrown out. He now attends Islington's Paradise Park Pupil Referral Unit, but life is still difficult for Carl, who tends to get frustrated and stressed about his schoolwork.
"I have to go to the time out room when I feel like that," he says. Children are encouraged to use the time out room where they can sit quietly or release their anger by shouting, kicking and punching the equipment.
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