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Teachers: Crimes against the Person

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of assaults on teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure staff safety in classrooms.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
21 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
5 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of assaults on teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure staff safety in classrooms.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Teachers should not be subjected to any form of abuse simply for doing their jobs and any form of violence in school is completely unacceptable and should not be tolerated. We will work with the sector to make clear that abuse against teachers will not be...

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Pre-school Education: Apprentices

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Pre-school Education: Apprentices

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Pre-school Education: Apprentices

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