Written questions

Non-teaching Staff: Crimes against the Person

Commons · Question 54239 · Tabled 22 May 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 5 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by 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

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 5 Jun 2025

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 ...