The Department for Education has updated its guidance on restrictive interventions in schools, including the use of reasonable force and seclusion.
From April 2026, schools are expected to place greater emphasis on how incidents are recorded, reported, monitored and reviewed.
CURA helps schools manage this process clearly and consistently, giving staff a secure and structured way to record physical interventions, review patterns, and maintain a clear audit trail.
When restrictive interventions occur, schools need to be able to demonstrate that incidents were handled appropriately, recorded accurately, and reviewed properly.
Relying on paper forms, spreadsheets or email chains can make this difficult. Information can become fragmented, inconsistent or hard to find when it is needed most.
Schools need a system that supports compliance without creating unnecessary admin.
CURA provides a dedicated and configurable way to record and manage physical interventions and restrictive intervention incidents.
With CURA, schools can capture the key details required, including what happened, who was involved, why the intervention was necessary, any injuries, follow-up actions, and whether parents or carers have been informed.
All entries are stored securely within the pupil’s chronology, making it easier to understand the wider safeguarding, pastoral and behavioural context.
CURA helps schools evidence good practice by supporting:
Staff can record incidents in a structured format, helping ensure important details are not missed.
Incidents can be recorded promptly, supporting expectations that records are completed as soon as practicable.
Schools can record when parents or carers have been informed and capture any follow-up actions.
Senior leaders can review incidents over time, identify patterns, and support improvements in practice.
CURA maintains a clear record of who added or updated information, helping support transparency and defensible decision-making.
CURA is highly customisable, allowing schools to use their own terminology and processes. Alongside physical interventions, schools can also use CURA to record areas such as:
Safeguarding concerns, pastoral notes, wellbeing concerns, accidents, conduct, assessments, learning support and information-only records. This gives schools one clear place to build a fuller picture of each pupil.
CURA is designed to be flexible, secure and easy to use. Rather than forcing schools into a fixed structure, it can be configured around your existing policies and processes.
This means your team can record information in a way that reflects how your school actually works, while still maintaining consistency and oversight.
The updated guidance makes it clear that schools must not only respond appropriately in the moment, but also record, report and review incidents effectively.
CURA helps schools put the right structure in place, supporting better safeguarding oversight and giving leaders greater confidence that nothing is missed.
See how CURA can support your school with restrictive intervention recording and wider safeguarding management.
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