Primary school violence in Scotland on rise as 10,000 incidents reported in one year – Daily Record

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Primary school violence is spiralling out of control after new figures revealed nearly 11,000 reports in a single year.

The horror stats also showed a surge in secondary schools across swathes of the country.

Lib Dem MSP Willie Rennie said: “Since returning after months of lockdown, staff are almost universally reporting a sharp increase in behavioural problems among pupils.

“Scotland’s political and educational leadership is keeping tight-lipped about it all, but if the Scottish Government doesn’t address this now, it could quickly escalate into a national scandal.”

The Daily Record’s ‘Our Kids…Our Future’ has exposed the epidemic of youth violence and called for social media giants and political leaders to take urgent action.

New figures covering the number of violent incident reports in schools across local authorities has laid bare the full extent of the problem

Some councils provided figures solely for violence against staff and others also included incidents against pupils.

In 2021/22, the number shot up by around 56% to 10,852 compared to the previous year, which coincided with the pandemic.

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