Make it illegal for secondary schools to isolate pupils

Closed 39 signatures

What the petition asks

Across England, many secondary schools isolate students for hours, days or weeks at a time, this is only detrimental to a students’ mental health but questionably against the human rights of pupils, this is not a punishment but a custodial sentence in some instances

Schools should not be allowed to isolate pupils for more than one hour, the secondary school I attended (till August 2017) this year would isolate students for something as trivial as a short haircut. Isolation is infringing on the liberties of young people across the country and it should not be tolerated, the problem is more widespread than I thought as many schools across the UK use isolation to reprimand students. Segregation does not breed well rounded individuals.

Timeline

19 Nov 2018	Petition opened for signatures
19 May 2019	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 39

Status Closed

Opened 19 Nov 2018

Closed 19 May 2019

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