Others suggested, in the more extreme cases where pupils were violent, that there should be a zero tolerance approach as in other professions:
“Violence is not tolerated by any other public or private service…I know of several teachers including myself who have been bitten, kicked, verbally abused, physically threatened and abused and nothing is done in 90% of the cases.”
accountability and responsibility
“One major thing that staff complain about is the GTC professional development portal.