Sat 30 Jan 2021 05.00 EST
I meet Lewis just before the first lockdown, early in 2020. He is 18, and in the middle of his A-levels: a sparky, irreverent presence, with a strong sense of injustice about what he experienced at his London secondary school. In year 9, around the time he turned 14, he started being bounced around the schoolâs disciplinary system. At one point, he spent every school day for six weeks in
a single-room facility called âthe annexeâ. He was also forced to spend time at home. Sometimes, work was sent for him to do; sometimes, he spent whole days doing nothing.