Five-year-olds assault teachers, survey finds

Teachers have been head-butted, kicked and assaulted by children in reception and nursery classes in primary schools in England and Wales, a survey carried out for the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has found. A report, Unacceptable Pupil Behaviour, by Dr Sean Neill of Warwick University, analysed a survey of more than 2,500 primary and secondary teachers in 13 local education authorities in England and Wales. It found that 20 per cent of primary teachers reported being assaulted by pupils, while more than 80 per cent of teachers in primary and secondary schools in rural, urban and inner-city areas said...