More than four in five teachers feel the number of pupils exhibiting violent and abusive behaviours has increased, a new survey suggests. The poll by the NASUWT teaching union, released on the ...

Teachers have been punched, kicked, shoved or spat at by pupils in the last year, a survey suggests. More than four in five (81%) teachers feel the number of pupils exhibiting violent and abusive ...

Teachers describing themselves as from Black, Caribbean or African backgrounds were also more likely to experience regular physical abuse from pupils, with nearly three in 10 (29.6%) reporting ...

More than a third of secondary teachers have reported misogynistic behaviour from pupils at their school in the last week, a survey commissioned by BBC News suggests. About 40% of the teachers who ...

Pupils are dodging lessons by hiding out on school premises in an 'epidemic' of 'internal truancy', it has emerged 62 per cent of secondary teachers say children skip entire classes ...

No incident of cyberbullying is defensible. Pupils, teachers and parents alike need more education, guidance and support as we all seek to embrace the vast potential of online communication in safety.

Teachers have been punched, kicked, shoved or spat at by pupils in the last year, a new survey has revealed. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, you can get unlimited ...

A fifth (20%) of respondents said they had experienced being hit or punched by pupils in the last year, while 38% said they had been shoved or barged. Around one in six (16%) said they had been ...