Record and report use of isolation and behaviour rooms for discipline

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Require schools to record and report every use of isolation or behaviour rooms for disciplinary reasons, including duration, reason, and whether the pupil has SEND.

Pupils are often removed from lessons into isolation or behaviour rooms for discipline, sometimes repeatedly, leading to significant loss of education. There is no consistent national requirement to record how often this occurs, how long pupils miss teaching, or whether vulnerable groups such as pupils with SEND are disproportionately affected. Recording and reporting would improve transparency, safeguarding and accountability.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

According to statutory guidance from the Department for Education, governing bodies of maintained schools and the proprietors of other schools already must
ensure that a procedure is in place for recording each seclusion or restraint incident as part of the school’s duty under the Schools (Recording and Reporting of Seclusion and Restraint) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2025.

This must be recorded and reported.

You can read more about this here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6943dad6501cdd438f4cf5aa/Restrictive_interventions_including_use_of_reasonable_force_in_schools.pdf

Timeline

23 Mar 2026	Petition opened for signatures
30 Apr 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Apr 2026

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