Violence to staff in schools

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request for information
on the above matter. This authority has 20 working days in which to
make a response. You should expect to hear from us no later than
May 4th 2010.

Regards

Education Services Falkirk Council

Dear Mr Archibald,

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 Violence to staff

I write further to your request for information about the number of
incidents of violence to staff in schools over the last five years.
They are as follows:

2004/5 2005/6 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9 Incidents 184 142 67 56 54

Please note we do not record the degree of violence or whether the
incident was intentional and these figures will include minor
unintentional incidents which occur when dealing with very young
children and those with additional support needs.

I hope that the information above is of use to you. I attach for
your information a leaflet detailing your right to complain if you
are unhappy with the way in which your request was handled.

Falkirk Council Education Services

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