A greater proportion of primary and secondary teachers reported pupils fighting, pushing and shoving compared with two years ago.
Lorraine Meah has been a primary school teacher for 35 years, for the last five of which she has chosen to do supply work - covering lessons on an ad-hoc basis - because it is more flexible.
In 2022, it was rated “inadequate” by Ofsted, whose inspectors found poor behaviour by pupils, including frequent fighting, made others feel unsafe.
Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT union, says teachers are reporting that violence and abuse in schools “have risen notably” since the pandemic.
“It can be face-to-face, on the telephone, on social media… enough is enough,” says Debra de Muschamp, a regional NAHT secretary who runs three primary schools in north-east England.
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A greater proportion of primary and secondary teachers reported pupils fighting, pushing and shoving compared with two years ago.
Lorraine Meah has been a primary school teacher for 35 years, for the last five of which she has chosen to do supply work - covering lessons on an ad-hoc basis - because it is more flexible.
In 2022, it was rated “inadequate” by Ofsted, whose inspectors found poor behaviour by pupils, including frequent fighting, made others feel unsafe.
Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT union, says teachers are reporting that violence and abuse in schools “have risen notably” since the pandemic.
“It can be face-to-face, on the telephone, on social media… enough is enough,” says Debra de Muschamp, a regional NAHT secretary who runs three primary schools in north-east England.
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