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Welcome… Education Inspections Act 2006 Including Use of Force Guidance. Education Inspections Act 2006 Section 93 of EIA 2006 replaces Section 550A of the Education Act 1996 Teachers have been allowed to restrain pupils under common law, with the same authority as parents. Previous guidelines on discipline were not clear enough – unsure if they had the law on their side New measures include : Legal right to confiscate inappropriate items, such as mobile phones or music players. Statutory powers to discipline pupils on the way to from school (travelling on buses or trains ). Greater legal scope flexibility in giving detentions ( inc. after school or Saturdays ) A legal duty to make provision to tackle all forms of bullying Reasonable force There is still no legal definition of reasonable force. The Act strengthens the legal power for school staff in their use of force to prevent pupils from:– Committing a crime Causing injury: damage disruption Weapon searches Legislation in the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 Allows HT to search groups of pupils,if they suspect knife carrying. Schools can use metal-detector arches wands to carry out - random, non-intrusive searches for weapons. [see article Jan 07 Sec Teachers,no.48 – A Safe Place to Learn:re George Mitchell Sch., Waltham Forest.] School discipline 2006 Ofsted reported that pupil behaviour is satisfactory or better in almost all schools inspected. Fewer than 1: 10 HT said that behaviour was among their top three concerns Quote Jim Knight , Minister of State for Schools : “The new power to discipline puts an end to the culture of, you can’t tell me what to do, which a few arrogant pupils or abusive parents have sneered at teachers.” School discipline policy Every HT is required to draw up publicise a discipline policy. Bring it to the attention of pupils , parents staff at least once a year. Essential elements are strategies to tackle Bullying / racial sexual harassment The polic