Teachers plea for harsher punishments for abusive pupils
Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.Harsher punishments must be rolled out for pupils who physically or verbally abuse teachers in Renfrewshire schools, a leading union has demanded.NASUWT Scotland, the teachers’ union is warning that violence and abuse towards teachers is in danger of becoming “normalised” if action is not taken immediately.It comes one year after the Express revealed that a Renfrewshire teacher is assaulted almost every day of the school year.A total of 180 violent incidents were recorded at 60 primary and secondary schools in the 2018/19 financial year - before the pandemic closed schools across the country.Of the 180 recorded, 17 took place in secondary