Writing in a briefing to politicians this week, the union warned that changes to the law on the recording and reporting of restraint could jeopardise children's welfare.
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, which had its second reading in the House of Lords on Tuesday (2 June), includes proposals that would force schools to inform parents when res-traint is used on their child.
But John Bangs, head of education at NUT, told CYP Now that school leaders should choose whether to tell parents about incidents on a case-by-case basis.
He said: "It is necessary to record incidents of restraint, but it should be up to the head teacher's judgement whether to tell parents. Telling them could sometimes create, rather than solve, a crisis."
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