The Welsh Assembly government is deluding itself if they think they’ve tackled classroom violence and drug abuse at school, Welsh Conservatives have said.
New figures published by the Labour-Plaid Cymru administration show a rise in the percentage of pupils permanently excluded from school for substance misuse, assaults on staff or students, and for using threatening behaviour. The figures also showed a rise in temporary exclusions in several areas.
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Shadow Education Minister Paul Davies AM said: "Classroom violence and drug abuse cannot be tolerated. The Assembly Government is deluding itself if ministers think poor pupil behaviour has been tackled. In many cases it is getting worse. These figures demonstrate the failure of the Assembly Government to get to grips with the most serious cases of pupil behaviour.
"It is unacceptable that any teacher or pupil has to work with the threat of verbal or physical assault in the classroom."
