FOI Request - Assaults on Staff in Schools
Request 101003722885
1. The total number of recorded assaults against staff members in all nursery, primary and secondary schools for the calendar years 2022,2023 and 2024.
2. Please can you also confirm the youngest age of a child who assaulted a staff member in each of these years.
Response 17-03-2025
| Nursery | Primary | Secondary | |
| 2022 | |||
| Number of Assaults | 166 | 1277 | 62 |
| Youngest Age of Pupil | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2023 | |||
| Number of Assaults | 123 | 1835 | 15 |
| Youngest Age of Pupil | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2024 | |||
| Number of Assaults | 157 | 1662 | 117 |
| Youngest Age of Pupil | 2 | 5 | 11 |