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An Aberdeen school where teachers voted to strike over pupil violence against staff must urgently improve attainment, a report has said.

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) last year warned there were serious concerns over the safety of staff at Northfield Academy.

Education Scotland inspectors visited in January and have now rated many areas at the school as unsatisfactory.

Aberdeen City Council said important work was already under way.

The EIS union had said violence against teachers, both physical and verbal, perpetrated by a very small percentage of pupils, had become far too frequent at Northfield Academy.

Education Scotland said in its fresh findings that leaders had to "urgently" improve attainment from S1 to S6, and that they should work to improve the strategic leadership of all areas of the school.

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