Children, some of whom are likely to be suffering from behavioural illnesses, are isolated and exposed to controls not dissimilar to those employed by repressive authoritarian governments. These inappropriate treatments are likely to exacerbate the behaviour of pupils exposed to them. Ofsted should rule that any school using this method of punishment is deemed inadequate since they are clearly failing to educate the children isolated in this way. Owen WellsIlkley, West Yorkshire• Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com• Read more Guardian letters – click here to visit gu.com/letters• Do you have a photo you’d like to share with Guardian readers? Click here to upload it and we’ll publish the best submissions in the letters spread of our print edition

Source: The Guardian December 17, 2018 18:11 UTC