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Falkirk school staff reporting five assaults a day, new figures show

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Five assaults a day on staff and teachers have been reported in Falkirk schools, shocking new figures have revealed.Reports of assaults on staff have increased by almost 1000 per cent since 2018, a Freedom of Information request by Falkirk Conservatives has highlighted.The FOI revealed that between April 2017 and March 2018, there were 95 reported incidents - including verbal abuse and physical assault - on teachers and staff members.

Between April 2021 and March 2022, however, this had risen to 940 reported assaults - an increase of 989 per cent. Read more: Falkirk plan to close swimming pools facing fight from oppositionThe figures show that from April 2021 to March 2022, 615 assaults were reported in Falkirk primary schools and 325 in secondary.

The council said the rise was linked to a new system of reporting assaults.A separate FOI however, revealed 276 members of staff in Falkirk’s schools had been signed off with stress or poor mental health in the 2021/2022 academic year.Conservative councillor James Bundy is now urging Falkirk Council to take urgent action to investigate this "significant increase" and put a plan in place to reduce it.Cllr Bundy raised the issue at a meeting of Falkirk Council's education, children and young people's executive today (Tuesday).He criticised the Director of Children's Services, Robert Naylor, for telling councillors at a previous committee meeting that he was "not aware of any significant increase in violence by pupils towards teachers in Falkirk at all".Cllr Bundy told the meeting the director had given an answer "that does not stand up to the facts".Commenting after the debate, Cllr Bundy said: "The figures I received showed that between April 2017 and March 2018, there was an

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