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Paragraph 32A F1

(1)

The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor—

(a)

ensures that the procedures for recording use of force incidents and seclusion and restraint incidents referred to in paragraph 16A(1)(a) and (b) include procedures for information about each such incident (except where the pupil concerned is aged 20 or over or provision made under sub-paragraph (2) applies) to be provided to each parent of the pupil as soon as practicable after the incident; and

(b)

takes all reasonable steps to ensure that those procedures are complied with.

(2)

A procedure under sub-paragraph (1)(a) must include provision to the effect—

(a)

that a person (“R”) who would otherwise be required by the procedure to provide a parent with information about an incident must not provide it to that parent if it appears to R that doing so would be likely to result in significant harm to the pupil; and

(b)

that if it appears to R that there is no parent of the pupil to whom R could provide information about the incident without that being likely to result in significant harm to the pupil, R must provide information about the incident to the local authority (within the meaning of the 1989 Act) within whose area the pupil is ordinarily resident.

(3)

In this paragraph “parent”, in relation to a pupil, has the meaning given by section 576 of the Education Act 1996 in relation to a child or young person, but includes a local authority who provide accommodation for the pupil under section 20 of the 1989 Act or section 76 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. para. 32A inserted (1.4.2026) by The Schools (Recording and Reporting of Seclusion and Restraint) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1348), regs. 1(2)(b), 7(2)(b)(iii)