Positive handling policy: examples

Primary school policies

Maintained school in Wandsworth

St Mary's CE Primary School's positive handling policy includes:

• When physical intervention can be used
• Dos and don'ts when using positive handling
• Recording incidents
• Post-incident support

Maintained school in Oxford

St Edmund's Catholic Primary School explains in its policy:

• That only staff who have had Team Teach training will use positive handling techniques on children
• When and how physical restraint may be used
• How the school uses positive handling plans

The policy also includes a template positive handling plan.

Secondary school policy

Ryburn Valley High School’s policy on positive handling explains the rationale behind the policy and covers:

• Who may use physical intervention and when
• The location of 'intervention removal areas'
• Training

Special school policy

Herons Dale School's positive handling policy explains that the aim of positive handling is to maintain a safe environment for pupils and staff. 

The policy covers:

It also explains that