News tagged Physical abuse
back to standard EdNews format

Scotland: Men deny 62 charges of abuse and assault at school
Searchable Tags
Scotland Sexual assault Physical abuse
  • Feb 26, 2022
Pupil abuse in special school secure rooms filmed on CCTV
Searchable Tags
Special schools Physical abuse
  • Oct 14, 2021
New support in Scotland for victims of gender-based violence in lockdown
Searchable Tags
Scotland Social distancing Lockdown Coronavirus Physical abuse
  • Jun 4, 2020
Hotline for teachers' concerns about pupil indiscipline
Searchable Tags
Discipline Behaviour management Physical abuse Verbal abuse
  • Nov 8, 2019
Ealing Abbey and St Benedict’s School: 'Mafia-like' leaders abused children for more than 30 years
Searchable Tags
Physical abuse Sexual abuse
  • Oct 24, 2019
Kicked, bitten and pushed down the stairs - the shocking abuse teachers in Wales have to deal with
Searchable Tags
Wales Teachers Abuse Physical abuse
  • Jun 13, 2019
New campaign launched to protect students from abuse
Searchable Tags
Scotland Student support Physical abuse Safeguarding
  • May 8, 2019
Violent 'Teflon kids' who abuse and threaten teachers could trigger staff walkouts
Searchable Tags
NASUWT Violence Physical abuse
  • Apr 21, 2019
Seven-year-old boy threatened to stab pregnant teacher in stomach  as union warns of rise in pupil violence
Searchable Tags
Violence Physical abuse NASUWT
  • Apr 21, 2019
School funding cuts 'driving increased pupil violence'
Searchable Tags
Violence NASUWT Physical abuse
  • Apr 21, 2019
Physical violence against teachers is a weekly occurrence
Searchable Tags
Safety Physical abuse Violence Verbal abuse Pupils Aggressive behaviour
  • Apr 20, 2019
Behaviour: 'I simply assume I will be stampeded, pushed or sworn at'
Searchable Tags
NASUWT Behaviour Violence Physical abuse
  • Apr 20, 2019
'Too many teachers' facing physical and verbal abuse by pupils
Searchable Tags
Violence Physical abuse NASUWT
  • Apr 20, 2019
Nearly one in four teachers physically attacked by pupils at least once a week, survey suggests
Searchable Tags
Violence Physical abuse NASUWT
  • Apr 20, 2019
One in four teachers 'experience violence from pupils every week'
Searchable Tags
Violence Physical abuse NASUWT
  • Apr 20, 2019
Teachers at risk over ineffective approach to problem pupils, says union
Searchable Tags
NASUWT Violence Physical abuse
  • Apr 20, 2019
One in four teachers suffers a physical attack every week
Searchable Tags
NASUWT Violence Physical abuse
  • Apr 20, 2019
Teachers face weekly violence from pupils, says survey
Searchable Tags
Violence Physical abuse NASUWT
  • Apr 20, 2019
Breast ironing awareness should be taught in schools
Searchable Tags
Safeguarding PE Unions Physical abuse
  • Mar 27, 2019
Breast ironing awareness 'needed in school'
Searchable Tags
Girls Physical abuse Safeguarding
  • Mar 26, 2019
Meet the head whose brainwave protects pupils across the UK from abuse
Searchable Tags
Physical abuse Domestic violence
  • Nov 16, 2018
Cricket bats at Millfield? I saw a few things in my time at school | Robert Crampton
Searchable Tags
Bullying Initiation Physical abuse
  • Sep 18, 2018
'The abuse teachers are expected to put up with is simply obscene'
Searchable Tags
Physical abuse Social inclusion
  • Apr 28, 2018
Teachers faced with pupil violence ‘don’t get proper support’
Searchable Tags
Violence Physical abuse Teachers Pupil exclusions Unions
  • Apr 27, 2018
Universities show film by academic who hit student
Searchable Tags
Academics Students Assault Physical abuse
  • Apr 19, 2018
Early years group calls for smacking ban
Searchable Tags
Early years Discipline Physical abuse
  • Apr 18, 2018
Teachers grappling with surge in pupil violence as students ‘throw objects, cut car brakes and smash windscreens’
Searchable Tags
Violence Physical abuse Behaviour Safety Teachers
  • Apr 10, 2018
Ireland: TUI conference told of pupil’s threat to kick pregnant teacher
Searchable Tags
Unions Teachers Physical abuse Assault Mental health Wellbeing
  • Apr 6, 2018
Children guilty of headbutting and spitting
Searchable Tags
Special needs Behaviour Physical abuse Teachers Working conditions Safety Violence
  • Apr 3, 2018
Teachers ‘headbutted, spat at and have eyes gouged by kids as young as four’
Searchable Tags
Behaviour Physical abuse Teachers Special needs Safety Primary Secondary
  • Apr 3, 2018
Teachers kicked, bitten, spat and sworn at up to 7 times a day amid surge in violence from pupils
Searchable Tags
Physical abuse Behaviour Special needs Safety Teachers Primary Secondary
  • Apr 2, 2018
Police inquiry over Bath school 'mock slave auction'
Searchable Tags
Racism Abuse Physical abuse Secondary
  • Mar 14, 2018
White pupils at Bath school ‘tied up and whipped black student for mock slave auction’
Searchable Tags
Racism Abuse Physical abuse Secondary
  • Mar 14, 2018
White teenaged pupils who chained black boy to lamppost and whipped him in 'mock slave auction'
Searchable Tags
Racism Physical abuse Ethnicity
  • Mar 13, 2018
Student officer in charge of ensuring people behave on nights out is punched in face after confronting topless man
Searchable Tags
Physical abuse Student unions
  • Mar 13, 2018
Violence against teachers cannot be tolerated
Searchable Tags
Teachers Violence Safety Physical abuse
  • Mar 9, 2018
Some teachers don’t talk to anyone about violent incidents
Searchable Tags
Teachers Violence Physical abuse
  • Mar 8, 2018
Daily roundup 6 March: Apprenticeships, teacher attacks, and child abuse
Searchable Tags
Apprenticeships Apprentice pay National minimum wage Secondary Physical abuse Assault Teachers
  • Mar 6, 2018
Violence against teachers: secondary staff three times more likely to be attacked than average
Searchable Tags
Violence Teachers Secondary Physical abuse Behaviour Safeguarding
  • Mar 6, 2018
More than 50 child abuse or neglect cases are uncovered at illegal faith schools
Searchable Tags
Faith schools Wellbeing Physical abuse
  • Feb 27, 2018
Attacks on teachers and school staff rocket 25% with victims suffering brain damage, amputation and even death
Searchable Tags
Abuse Physical abuse Assaults Teachers Support staff Teaching assistants
  • Jan 31, 2018
Teacher 'cried every day' working at troubled school where pupils 'come in armed with knives and nails'
Searchable Tags
Teachers Knife crime Assaults Physical abuse Safety Safeguarding Teaching assistants
  • Jan 31, 2018
Education workers suffer increased levels of serious injures, new figures show
Searchable Tags
Physical abuse Support staff Teaching assistants Teachers Safety
  • Jan 31, 2018
Teaching assistants: We are kicked, spat on, hit and sworn at
Searchable Tags
Teaching assistants Abuse Physical abuse Special needs Violence
  • Jan 29, 2018
Fifth of teenage girls have shoved or hit others
Searchable Tags
Secondary Bullying Physical abuse Behaviour
  • Jan 24, 2018
Pupil attacks on support staff have doubled in five years
Searchable Tags
Primary Violence Support staff Physical abuse
  • Dec 23, 2017
The school for bullied and traumatised children
Searchable Tags
Bullying Physical abuse Mainstream schools Attainment
  • Dec 7, 2017
Texts from student who killed herself shared across campuses
Searchable Tags
Universities Physical abuse Violence Domestic violence Training
  • Nov 24, 2017
Scotland: attacks on school staff soar
Searchable Tags
Physical abuse Teaching assistants Scotland
  • Oct 30, 2017
France: Girl, 10, beaten in French school 'for being Jewish'
Searchable Tags
Physical abuse Anti-Semitism International France
  • Oct 8, 2017
Surge in number of primary school children expelled for attacking teachers, figures show
Searchable Tags
Telegraph Expulsion Pupil exclusions Teachers Primary schools Behaviour Physical abuse Secondary schools
  • Jul 20, 2017
Survey finds Muslim pupils called “terrorists” and “ISIS” at Scottish schools
Searchable Tags
Herald Scotland Intolerance Scotland Bullying Physical abuse Primary schools Secondary schools Social integration
  • Jun 16, 2017
One in five school staff are attacked every week - leaving many terrified to go to work, poll reveals
Searchable Tags
Mirror Physical abuse Teachers Support staff Teaching assistants Bullying Mental health Stress
  • Jun 3, 2017
Slipping on a cake and assault by pupils - the incidents that have cost Welsh schools more than £1 million
Searchable Tags
Wales Online Wales Physical abuse Teachers Compensation
  • Apr 23, 2017
Teacher headbutted by pupil in class wins nearly £100,000 in compensation for psychological trauma
Searchable Tags
Mirror Teachers Abuse Physical abuse Compensation
  • Apr 14, 2017
Teachers awarded more than £30m in compensation following surge in physical attacks on staff by pupils
Searchable Tags
Independent Teachers Compensation Redundancies Unions NUT NASUWT Physical abuse Abuse ATL
  • Apr 14, 2017
Compensation soars for teachers suffering injuries or discrimination
Searchable Tags
Guardian Teacher harassment Physical abuse NASUWT
  • Apr 14, 2017
Compensation payments to teachers soar
Searchable Tags
TES Teachers Abuse Physical abuse Compensation Wellbeing Unions
  • Apr 14, 2017
Teacher awarded almost half a million pounds after being hit over head with skate board by violent pupil 
Searchable Tags
Telegraph Physical abuse Teacher harassment Teachers
  • Apr 14, 2017
Body cams for teachers cannot be dismissed, union says
Searchable Tags
BBC Body cameras Teachers Unions Wales Disruption Behaviour Physical abuse NUT
  • Mar 22, 2017
Algeria: concerns raised over spate of violence at universities
Searchable Tags
University World News Algeria Physical abuse HE Universities
  • Mar 10, 2017
Refusing to touch pupils ‘is abuse’
Searchable Tags
Times British Psychological Society Physical abuse
  • Feb 18, 2017
Physical and verbal attacks on teachers cause union concern
Searchable Tags
NUT Teachers Physical abuse Wales Primary schools Secondary schools
  • Jan 30, 2017

Archive

2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Search Archive (pre Sept 2016)