Disclosure Log

Assaults on staff in educational establishments (FOI/5001)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 11 November 2024


Dear *****

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00005001

Thank you for your email of 6 November 2024 where you requested:

Please provide me with the following information regarding reported assaults on staff at educational establishments in the academic year 2023/2024:

1. Date of alleged assault
2. Type of educational establishment (e.g. Primary School, Special School)
3. Victim of assault (e.g. teacher, teaching assistant, lunchtime assistant)
4. Type of assault(physical/verbal/threat (if physical assault, please give as much information as possible)
5. Any injuries sustained by member of staff
6. Age of pupil involved
7. Outcome of assault (e.g. suspension, expulsion, police called)


I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by this authority.  You would need to contact each of the individual schools in Nottinghamshire to gather this information.  You can find a complete list of schools here: https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/search-for-a-school.

Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.  Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.

Yours sincerely

Colin Sawers
Information Case Officer | Customers, Complaints and Information
Chief Executive"s Department | Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall | Loughborough Road | West Bridgford | NOTTINGHAM | NG2 7QP

Tel: (0115) 977 3714