Bosses reveal list of violent attacks on teaching staff
bite an auxiliary and hit a janitor, breaking his glasses.
The pupil threw items around the library and told the auxiliary he would kill her parents if she called police.
The attacks were revealed after a Freedom of Information request on assaults on teaching staff.
Earlier this month, we revealed that staff across Scotland have faced more than 16,000 attacks in the past three years – a rise of nearly 10 per cent year- on-year.
Following our article, Western Isles, Scotland’s third- smallest counci l, who initial ly fai led to provide figures, responded with cases.
Despite only having 25 schools listed online, they recorded 188 assaults on staff from 2015 to 2018, with police involved five times. In another case, an additional support needs worker was heading to class last year when a chi ld “became aggressive”. The staff member suffered “a bite to right breast, causing bruising”.
EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan said: “We are clear that a zero-tolerance approach should be taken to incidents involving violence or the threat of violence towards teachers.”
A Western Isles council spokesman said: “Any incident resulting in offence or injury to staff is regrettable and we treat all incidents seriously and encourage the reporting of all incidents.
“In addition, risk assessments and support plans are in place to support most young people.”