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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

‘Publicly humiliated’: parents describe difficulty of children’s isolation at school

Children at school
Lawyers are particularly concerned about children who are repeatedly isolated. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Max was 11 and had just started his new secondary school when he was first put into isolation. He had asked to use the toilet between lessons, which was not ordinarily allowed, and was told to go quickly.

“He knew he wasn’t allowed to run, so he walked quickly,” his mother, Beth, told the Guardian. But teachers claimed he was running and Max’s secondary school career began with a week’s isolation.

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