Teachers in Glasgow say they will go on strike for 12 days and refuse to teach a pupil with a track record of violence.
NASUWT, the teachers’ union, said Glasgow city council had failed to take the steps needed to “restore safety” at Bannerman High School and had told staff that anyone who refused to teach the child would be punished.
Patrick Roach, the union’s general secretary, said: “The actions and systematic failures of the council are placing the safety of teachers at serious risk.”
One council representative said staff safety was “taken very seriously”, but that the “refusal to teach by some members can only be seen as victimisation of young people with significant needs”.
