STABBING OF ANN MAGUIRE TRIGGERS NATIONAL DEBATE OVER SECURITY IN UK. SHOULD ALL SCHOOLS BE SCREENING THEIR PUPILS FOR WEAPONS?
The stabbing of Ann
Maguire in front of her pupils triggered a national debate over security in UK chools
last night.
Head teachers demanded
stronger backing for schools which choose to introduce airport-style metal
detectors and frisk pupils for weapons.
But they said schools
must not be ‘locked down’ in the wake of the incident.
Staffs have repeatedly
voiced concern over the risk of violent attacks on school premises.
Latest figures show that
550 pupils a year are expelled from schools in England for assaulting a member
of staff and 17,000 short-term suspensions are handed out.
Last week, police
disclosed that nearly 1,000 children – 80 of them primary pupils – have been
caught taking weapons into school in three years.
A survey of teachers
found that more than half have been subjected to verbal abuse or threats from
pupils.
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