Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 86142

Schools: Discipline

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the use (a) isolation or (b) internal exclusion rooms by (a) SEND status, (b) gender, (c) ethnicity and (d) free school meal eligibility.

Answer

Olivia Bailey
The department does not hold data on the use of isolation or internal exclusion rooms, sometimes referred to as removal.The department trusts headteachers to use their professional judgement, based on the individual circumstances, when issuing a sanction....

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