Specialist training for teachers has helped reduce the numbers of in school fights
The number of pupils being violent towards each other in West Lothian schools has fallen in the last year. but senior pupils are also involved in calming down potentially violent incidents.
Figures revealed at the meeting show that there were 211 recorded incidents in the 2022 to 2023 year and 153 in the current year across 68 primary schools, 13 high schools, six additional support need schools and 66 early learning and childcare establishments. A breakdown showed more than half the recorded incidents took place in primary schools, with 108 recorded in 2022 to 2023 and 90 in 2023 to 2024. In high schools the number fell from 83 to 50 and in ASN schools from 20 to 13.
MVP also provides senior pupils with the opportunity to receive training on identification and challenge of gender-based violence in a safe way and deliver MVP lessons and support to peers and younger pupils.
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