Where necessary, searching, screening and confiscation will be used to safeguard a child/children at Stoke Primary School. Stoke Primary School adheres to ‘ Searching, Screening and Confiscation: Advice for Schools (May 2018). To ensure learning systems enable each and every child to understand how they can be successful as a member of the school community and as a learner. He is currently a non-executive director of Team-Teach Ltd, one of the largest providers of training in the prevention and management of risk, restraint and restriction in the UK and abroad, and a member of the board of the Institute of Conflict Management. We use an electronic system for recording safeguarding and behaviour incidents (CPOMS), so do we have to keep records of restraint in a numbered bound book?

All children are given an opportunity to discuss incidents and express their views either individually or in a regular forum or house meeting where unsafe behaviour can be discussed by children and adults. When disciplinary measures or restraint are used, children are encouraged to write or have their views recorded and sign their names against them if possible in the records kept by the home. Smileys are used to recognise achievement. Once a child has received 10 smileys they exchange them for a House token which adds to the House Points collected across school. A record of the use of restraint on a child by an adult is kept in a separate dedicated bound and numbered book, and includes the name of the child, the date, time and location, details of the behaviour requiring use of restraint, the nature of the restraint used, the duration of the restraint, the name of the staff member(s) using restraint, the name(s) of any other staff, children or other people present, the effectiveness and any consequences of the restraint, any injuries caused to or reported by the child or any other person, and the signature of a person authorised by the registered person to make the record. When things go wrong, children are an integral part of establishing a solution, so they are able to learn from the situation.Measures of control, discipline and restraint used by the home are made clear to the placing authority, child, parent/s or carers before or, in an emergency placement, at the time the child is to move into the home. The registered person’s policy on the use and techniques of physical restraint and other forms of physical intervention, and the circumstances in which they may be used, is consistent with any relevant government guidance on approved methods of restraint and physical intervention. All staff of the home are aware of, trained in, and follow in practice the registered person’s policy. Training covers reducing or avoiding the need to use physical restraint. All staff have signed a copy of the policy and evidence of this is retained on their personnel file.

School is a safe place for children where they will be listened to and challenges discussed openly.He has also advised government departments, local authorities and independent organisations on the development of policy, guidance and training. Changing Minds: The Psychology of Managing Challenging Behaviour within an Ethical and Legal Framework His work is quoted in a number of official reports and guidance documents. He is the author of 14 books, and lectured in schools, colleges and universities providing training across the UK, Europe, Canada, Jamaica, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. He has also worked as a technical advisor for media companies producing dramas and documentaries, including the use of undercover reporters to expose malpractice. He served as a member of the National Advisory Group on Special Education, as a Trustee of the National Control & Restraint (General Services) Association, and a member of the expert group established by the Secretary of State for Justice to review restraint practices in Secure Training Centres, in 2016.

Where behaviour is considered a low-level issue the use of sanctions can be applied. Pupils will always be listened to as we seek to understand the reason for any behaviour and through discussion, we will apply a sanction if appropriate. We aim for children to learn through this process to enable them to make better choices in the future. For fixed-period exclusions of more than five days the governing body must arrange suitable alternative full-time education, which must begin no later than the sixth day of the exclusion. For permanent exclusions, the pupil’s ‘home’ local authority must provide alternative education. Provide every opportunity for children to correct their own behaviour, make sensible choices and prevent further sanctions being applied We consider that open and transparent dialogue allows difficult conversations to take place and that this honesty enables all parties to manage the situation with respect to their own mental health. On excluding a pupil, the Head Teacher must immediately notify parents of the exclusion and the reason for it. They must also inform parents of their rights to make representations to the Governing Body. The Governing Body must also be notified of certain exclusions.When children get a specified number of smileys, they are given a certificate to take home related to their house team which recognises this milestone: