Introduce National Guidance on the use of restraint and seclusion in all schools; this guidance should support the principles of:
Last resort - where it is deemed necessary, restraint should be the minimum required to deal with the agreed risk, for the minimum amount of time;
Appropriate supervision of the child at all times, including during “time out” or seclusion;
Reducing the use of solitary exclusion and limiting the time it is used for (e.g. maximum time limits);
No use of restraints that are cruel, humiliating, painful and unnecessary or not in line with trained techniques;
Accountability...