FOI Request - Assaults on Staff in Educational Establishments

Request 101003667329

I am seeking the following information, preferably in the format of an Excel spreadsheet.

Please provide me with the following information regarding reported assaults on staff at educational establishments in the academic year 2023/2024:

1. Date of alleged assault

2. Type of educational establishment (e.g. Primary School, Special School) 

3. Victim of assault (e.g. teacher, teaching assistant, lunchtime assistant) 

4. Type of assault (physical/verbal/threat (if physical assault, please give as much information as possible) 

5. Any injuries sustained by member of staff 

6. Age of pupil involved 

7. Outcome of assault (e.g. suspension, expulsion, police called)

Response 29-11-2024

1.-7. To answer this FOI request in the detail requested, we would have to read through thousands of violence & aggression reports and pupil files individually.

This task would cost the Council in excess of £600 of staff time. In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (excessive cost), we are therefore unable to comply with this part of the request.

In order to be helpful we can advise that in 2023/24 we received 2519 incident reports from primary schools and 559 from secondary schools.