The shock new figures show an increase in violence in both primary and secondary schools across Scotland
Primary school violence is spiralling out of control after new figures revealed nearly 11,000 reports in a single year.Lib Dem MSP Willie Rennie said: “Since returning after months of lockdown, staff are almost universally reporting a sharp increase in behavioural problems among pupils.
Some councils provided figures solely for violence against staff and others also included incidents against pupils. Abbie, then 12, was lured to the facility in the city’s Drumchapel area and beaten unconscious in an attack which left her in hospital for two days. She has since been diagnosed with PTSD.
“We also need to invest far more in specialist provision, such as classroom assistants, education psychologists and specialist teachers.” "Some of these attacks, such as those against LGBTQ pupils and women & girls are motivated by bigoted attitudes which require a zero-tolerance response, but in other instances the young person lashing out is in urgent need of support themselves. That's why the Greens have worked so hard to increase access to mental health counselling in schools.
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