One in 12 secondary pupils put in isolation rooms at least once a week, study finds

<p>Children with special educational needs more than twice as likely to be put in isolation, say Manchester researchers</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/23/publicly-humiliated-parents-describe-difficulty-of-childrens-isolation-at-school">‘Publicly humiliated’: parents describe difficulty of children’s isolation at school</a></p></li></ul><p>One in 12 secondary pupils report being put into school isolation rooms at least once a week where they often spend in excess of eight hours, missing more than a full day of lessons, according to research.</p><p>Children with special educational needs were more than twice as likely to be placed in isolation, otherwise known as internal exclusion, while students from low-income backgrounds were also disproportionately affected.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/23/one-in-12-secondary-pupils-put-in-isolation-rooms-at-least-once-a-week-study-finds">Continue reading...</a>