Sunderland Echo: Teachers’ union slams assaults
Two attacks a week are carried out on Wearside teachers, new figures have revealed.
A total of 109 attacks were reported in 2007 – and the statistics do not include verbal confrontations, which could still be deemed as an assault in the eyes of the law.
Union leaders have slammed the attacks, saying schools need to be safe.
Howard Brown National Union of Teachers Sunderland branch secretary, said: “All assaults on teachers are unacceptable – the same way all assaults on pupils are unacceptable.
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