# The Schools (Recording and Reporting of Seclusion and Restraint) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2025, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations impose duties relating to the recording of incidents where pupils at schools in England are secluded, restrained or immobilised by members of staff, and informing parents about such incidents.
Regulation 3 sets out what these Regulations mean when they refer to secluding, restraining or immobilising a pupil.
Regulation 4 imposes the main duties in relation to schools maintained by local authorities. The governing body must ensure that their school has, and follows, a procedure for keeping a record of any incident of this kind and for providing a copy of that record to the pupil’s parent or parents (as defined in regulation 2). But regulation 5 adds that a copy should not be given to a parent if that would result in harm coming to the pupil.
There is a separate requirement, in section 93A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”), for schools to have procedures for recording and informing parents of significant incidents when force is used against pupils. Regulation 6 of these Regulations provides that, if an incident would qualify to be recorded and reported under both section 93A of the 2006 Act and these Regulations, it need only be handled under section 93A.
The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”) set out the main regulatory requirements for independent schools. Regulation 7 of these Regulations amends the 2014 Regulations so that those regulatory requirements include duties of recording and reporting seclusion and restraint similar to the ones that regulations 3 to 6 impose on schools maintained by local authorities.
Similarly, regulation 8 amends the Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015 so that the main regulatory requirements for non-maintained special schools also include equivalent duties.
Regulations 7 and 8 also provide for the reporting and recording of significant uses of force to be incorporated into the regulatory requirements for independent schools and non-maintained special schools respectively.
Regulation 9 revokes the Schools (Recording and Reporting of Seclusion and Restraint) (England) Regulations 2025 (“the previous Regulations”), which were made in error. These Regulations are therefore being issued free of charge to all known recipients of the previous Regulations. Regulation 1 provides for the previous Regulations to be revoked with effect from 9th January 2026, before they are due to come into force.
An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk
A low regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available on the legislation.gov.uk website and in hard copy at the Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1348/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/schools-recording-and-reporting-of-seclusion-and-restraint-no-2-england-regulations-2025/note
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