(UK) NI: Assaults on teachers increase threefold; many in primary schools

Nov 22, 2017, (Northern Ireland) The Irish Post: Number of pupils suspended for assaulting staff in Northern Ireland schools trebles in one year http://irishpost.co.uk/number-pupils-suspended-assaulting-staff-northern-ireland-schools-trebles-one-year/ LATEST figures from the Department of Education in Northern Ireland show assaults on teachers increased threefold in just one year. For the school year 2015/16, there were 646 suspensions for physical attacks on staff, up from 213 the previous year. Of the 646 attacks, 110 were carried out by girls – over six times the number in 2014/15 (18). Chris Keates, General Secretary of teaching union the NASUWT, said the figures were shocking but not surprising, adding that they received many reports of assaults taking place in primary school.