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Classroom violence

April 2019

  • A teacher supervises children leaving school

    One in four teachers 'experience violence from pupils every week'

    Many say poor behaviour is making them want to leave the profession, NASUWT finds

June 2017

  • Knives seized by police.

    Most school support staff have been assaulted by pupils

    One in five is attacked at least once a week, survey for the GMB union reveals, as police report 50% rise in incidents

March 2017

  • Beyond the blade

    Beyond the blade
    Beyond the blade: the truth about knife crime in Britain

    Teenage knife crime is a tabloid obsession, blamed on feral youth running riot in our cities. But the reality is much more complex – and we cannot save lives if we do not understand it

February 2017

  • A stressed teacher in a classroom

    Use of body cameras in schools 'risks turning students into suspects'

    Government adviser on classroom behaviour warns against use of devices by teachers in mainstream schools

June 2016

  • Millgate headteacher Mark Oldman.

    ‘He ran at me with an axe’: teachers on facing violence in schools

    Pupil attacks in classrooms are on the rise, leaving many teachers fearing for their safety. What’s behind it, and what can schools do?

June 2015

  • pupils using smartphone in class

    ‘I want to believe it’ll be better with Bennett’: can the new school behaviour tsar fix class discipline?

    The teacher who had an arsonist in class, the pupil whose school gives detention for using the wrong door … as education expert Tom Bennett is appointed to take on classroom disruption, our panelists offer him the benefit of their experience

September 2014

  • An empty classroom

    Teacher's blog
    Support for parents is the key to tackling pupil aggression in schools

    More than half of teachers face hostility in schools – from verbal insults to threats. It’s time to look at the cause of these problems rather than playing the blame game

April 2012

  • Teachers on strike

    Millions paid out to teachers for classroom assaults and accidents

    NASUWT sees 20% rise in claims on previous year while NUT warns of huge stress now placed on staff

July 2011

  • Nick Gibb

    Almost 900 pupils suspended from school each day for violence

    Department for Education figures show average of 13 permanent exclusions a day, prompting concerns that schools are not taking special educational needs into account

April 2010

  • Boy attacked by teacher Peter Harvey was troublemaker, court told

    • Pupil described as leading light in classroom trouble
    • Teacher yelled 'die, die, die' as he beat pupil, witness says

December 2009

  • Primary schools suspend 14 violent under-fives every day

    The number of pupils receiving fixed period exclusions for violence in 2007-08 rose by 6% on the year before, statistics show

June 2009

  • Teacher poisoned by pupil loses claim for damages

    High court rules that teacher who drank water poisoned with whiteboard cleaning fluid will receive no compensation

May 2009

  • Nearly 3,000 school arson attacks in two years

    Figures from Conservatives' freedom of information request show highest number of incidents in Scotland and in London

April 2009

  • The big issue
    Teachers and parents must work in tandem

  • Stressed teacher

    Abuse of teachers by parents and pupils on the rise, says survey

  • Don't blame teachers when it's parents who are failing

    Mary Bousted

  • 'Parents to blame' for problems in UK schools

February 2009

  • Assaulted teacher awarded £280,000

    Sharon Lewis receives compensation for assault by a teenage pupil leaving her with permanent back pain

January 2009

  • Text messages to fight knife crime at school

    Pupils in Lancashire now able to text a police hotline if they see a classmate carrying a knife

December 2008

  • Violence levels in schools 'very worrying', say Tories

    Police were called to deal with violence in schools more than 7,000 times last year, according to the Conservatives
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