Autistic Pupils Abused at School
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CCTV shows pupils abused and locked in padded room
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CCTV from Whitefield School in Walthamstow shows autistic children being abused and locked in padded rooms.
Pupils are seen being thrown to the floor, restrained by the neck, or left alone in vomit.
Safeguarding expert Elizabeth Swan said it was easily the worst footage’ she had seen.
MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the footage “must lead to profound change”.
BBC has learned that the job of reviewing CCTV was largely left to a single teaching assistant.
Once a week, she downloaded the footage and compared it with written observations.
But she failed to report many of the 20-plus clips showing excessive force.
A safeguarding investigation into her conduct concluded she turned a blind eye’ to the failings.
It also found that she abused a child herself by using a pad used for rugby training to push them into a corner of a room.
Despite these findings, she was not sacked.
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