Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 54239

Non-teaching Staff: Crimes against the Person

Tabled: 22 May 2025

Answered: 5 June 2025

Question

Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with education unions to investigate links between viewing online violent social media content on personal mobile devices and physical attacks on teaching staff in schools.

Answer

Stephen Morgan

All pupils and staff should feel safe and protected at school, and nobody should face violence or abuse. The department will always support our hard working teachers to ensure they can work in safe and calm classrooms. All school employers have a duty to ...

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