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 that pupil behaviour had deteriorated during their time in teaching.
One teacher of under-fives quoted in the report said, 'On a weekly basis, staff experience the need to restrain one child to prevent another child being injured. On a similar timescale members of staff experience being hit, kicked or pushed by angry or distressed children.'
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