Assaults on teachers, weapons in schools and complaints against teachers 2010 to 2015 (FOI)Assaults on teachers, weapons in schools and complaints against teachers 2010 to 2015 (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
17 July 2015.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
A.
In relation to all Island secondary schools, how many assaults have there been on teachers during the current school year? How many have taken place in each of the last five years? Please could we have a breakdown of all the incidents in relation to the schools they occurred.
B.
In relation to all Island secondary schools, how many weapons have been brought into schools in the current school year? Again, please can we request figures for the last five years. Can I also request a breakdown of the type of weapon and the schools where the weapons were discovered?
C.
In relation to all Island secondary schools, how many formal complaints have been made against teachers this year and in the last five years?
D.
In relation to all Island secondary schools, how many teachers have faced disciplinary action this year and in the last five years?
Response
A.
The following data are taken from suspensions records which state where incidents involved assault on a member of school staff but do not identify the staff group. Therefore we are unable to identify the number of assaults on teachers specifically, so data may also include assaults on school support staff (eg teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisors, etc).
In order to ensure personal data are not identifiable, this information cannot be broken down by school and figures are suppressed where there were fewer than four assaults on school staff in any one year.
Number of assaults on school staff:
| All secondary schools | ≤ 3 | 14 | 6 | ≤ 3 | 7 | 12 |
* Until 25 June 2015
B.
In order to ensure personal data are not identifiable, this information cannot be broken down by school and figures are suppressed where there were fewer than four weapons taken into schools in any one year. We are unable to disclose the weapon taken into school in each instance; however the majority of weapons were knives.
Number of weapons brought into school:
| All secondary schools | ≤ 3 | ≤ 3 | ≤ 3 | ≤ 3 | ≤ 3 | 0 |
* Until 25 June 2015
C.
In order to ensure personal data are not identifiable, this information cannot be broken down by school and figures are suppressed where there were fewer than four formal complaints made against teachers in any one year.
Number of formal complaints made against teachers:
| All secondary schools* | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | ≤ 3 | ≤ 3 |
* This information is not held by Le Rocquier School for all years or by Les Quennevais School for 2009 to 2010 and 2010 and 2011.
** Until 25 June 2015
The above data include complaints classified as formal complaints according to the complaints procedure of each school. Where schools do not have a complaints procedure, formal complaints have been defined as those received in writing (by letter or email) which have come to the attention of the head teacher. Complaints about teachers, head teachers, deputy head teachers and assistant head teachers are included in the data, while complaints about school support staff (eg teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisors, etc) are excluded.
D.
In order to ensure personal data are not identifiable, this information cannot be broken down by school and figures are suppressed where there were fewer than four teachers facing disciplinary action in any one year.
Number of teachers who faced disciplinary action:
| All secondary schools | 6 | ≤ 3 | 0 | ≤ 3 | 4 | ≤ 3 |
* Until 25 June 2015
The above data include the number of teachers, head teachers, deputy head teachers and assistant head teachers who faced disciplinary action, where a disciplinary hearing has taken place. School support staff (eg teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisors, etc) who faced disciplinary action are not included in the data.
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