Paragraph 16A F1
The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor—
ensures that a procedure is in place for recording each use of force incident in accordance with section 93A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006;
ensures that a procedure is in place for recording each incident in which a member of the school staff secludes, restrains or immobilises a pupil for whom education is being provided at the school (a “seclusion or restraint incident”); and
takes all reasonable steps to ensure that both procedures are complied with.
The procedure under sub-paragraph (1)(b) must require that the record is made in writing as soon as practicable after the incident.
The procedure under sub-paragraph (1)(b) need not provide for any action to be taken in relation to a seclusion or restraint incident that also constitutes a use of force incident within the meaning of section 93A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and therefore falls to be recorded under the procedure referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a).
For the purposes of this paragraph a member or members of school staff seclude a pupil if they detain that one pupil in a place apart from any other person (except the member or members of staff) otherwise than as a disciplinary penalty, including by—
physically obstructing the pupil’s way of leaving the place;
securing the place so that the pupil cannot leave it; or
causing the pupil to believe that they will be punished if they leave the place.
For the purposes of this paragraph a member of school staff restrains or immobilises a pupil if they restrict the pupil’s movement otherwise than as a disciplinary penalty, including by—
holding or binding the pupil’s body or part of it;
securing the pupil to a fixed or heavy object; or
depriving the pupil of an auxiliary aid that they usually use to help them move.
In this paragraph—
“disciplinary penalty” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 7 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006;
“staff” includes supply staff and volunteers.