Around one in six (16%) said they had been kicked by pupils, while 9% said they had been spat at, according to the NASUWT poll. One teacher who responded to the survey said: "I have had two children ...

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 fir ...

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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 ...

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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 ...