FOI Request - Assaults on Teachers
Request 101003606423
To request the number of recorded assaults on teachers in 1. Primary schools and 2. Secondary schools, in the 6 months from January 2024 - June 2024, and the six months from January 2023 - June 2023.
Please can you provide separate figures for primary and secondary schools in your response.
Can you also provide separate figures for each of the two six monthly periods referenced, and a breakdown of physical assaults and verbal assaults.
Response 26-07-2024
| January - June 2023 | January - June 2024 |
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | |
| Physical Assault (No Weapon) | 240 | 24 | 266 | 25 |
| Physical Assault (Weapon / Improvised Weapon) | 106 | 11 | 92 | 4 |
| Verbal Abuse | 210 | 103 | 183 | 181 |
| 556 | 138 | 541 | 210 |