A year on and no further forward

February 1, 2023

The Record launches its Our Kids... Our Future campaign after a spate of violent attacks involving children in Scotland.

March 21, 2023

We report on stressed teachers “struggling to educate pupils” due to violence in Scots schools.

EIS, Scotland’s largest teaching union, tells us the matter is becoming a war on two fronts as teachers try to deal with the impact amid ongoing cuts to resources.

May 18, 2023

Damning news statistics show primary school violence in Scotland is on the rise as 11,000 incidents are reported in one year. The figures also showed a showed a surge in secondary schools across the country. Lib Dem MSP Willie Rennie said: “If the Scottish Government doesn’t address this now, it could quickly escalate into a national scandal.”

May 18, 2023

One teacher attacked by a child in the classroom tells the Record he was left with a life-changing disability and was unable to hold his newborn baby.

May 24, 2023

The Scottish Government announces it will host an emergency summit on violence in schools. Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said: “I have been in my post for two months now and during that time I have made it absolutely clear that behaviour in schools is one of my top priorities.”

June 15, 2023

Teachers meet with the Scottish Parliament and say they feel discouraged from reporting violence over fears it could “make schools look bad” amidst a toxic culture of “teacher blaming”.

September 6, 2023

The violence in schools summit takes place. Teachers, council officials and unions attended the first phase of the three-part meeting, which focuses on the reporting and monitoring of incidents.

March 17, 2024

A teacher who was sexually assaulted in class slams the summit as “nothing but a talking shop” as she expresses her disappointment over the Scottish Government’s lack of action.