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Meeting of the Parliament 12 March 2026 [Draft]

12 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Schools (Violent and Disruptive Incidents)
Gilruth, Jenny SNP Mid Fife and Glenrothes Watch on SPTV

There is no place for violence and abuse in Scotland’s schools. We continue to implement our relationships and behaviour in schools action plan, working with partners including the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the teaching trade unions, and I will shortly publish the annual progress report detailing activity in the past 12 months. That includes new guidance on consequences and on risk assessments for violent, aggressive and dangerous behaviour. We have also started work to review our national exclusions guidance.

The 2026-27 budget will invest more than £3.5 billion to deliver our continued commitment to strengthening the sustainability and resilience of our education system, including the protection of teacher numbers and investment in additional support needs.

In the same item of business

8. Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con) Con
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to reduce the number of violent and disruptive incidents in schools. (S6O-05642)
The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (Jenny Gilruth) SNP
There is no place for violence and abuse in Scotland’s schools. We continue to implement our relationships and behaviour in schools action plan, working with...
Stephen Kerr Con
Shockingly, Scotland now has the highest recorded rate of violence against teachers anywhere in the United Kingdom. In the past decade, serious violent injur...
Jenny Gilruth SNP
I thank Mr Kerr for his question and for his general interest in the topic during the current parliamentary session, which led to some of the work that I det...
Foysol Choudhury (Lothian) (Ind) Ind
Given the recent report that hundreds of school support workers in Edinburgh have quit within months of starting due to a surge in pupils’ violence, and give...
Jenny Gilruth SNP
When we talk about behaviour in schools, we need to be careful, as we are not seeking to demonise the next generation. The majority of children and young peo...