The 2026 DfE Guidance on Restrictive Interventions: What School Leaders Should Be Reviewing Now

We have been asked repeatedly over the last few weeks to review school policies against the new 2026 Department for Education guidance on restrictive interventions, reasonable force, restraint and seclusion. The pattern is now clear. Most schools are not starting from nothing. They already have behaviour policies, positive handling statements, incident forms, CPOMS categories, parent […]