SUMMIT PLEA TO TACKLE ATTACKS: Teachers punched, kicked and spat on

THE scale of violence against teachers in Scottish schools "must be addressed with absolute urgency," an emergency summit was told.

- RUTH SUTER

Teachers, unions, parents and child experts met Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth following the Record's ongoing Our Kids...

Our Future campaign.

It was the second of three planned meetings aimed at improving pupil behaviour in Scotland.

The panel heard from teachers who suffered attacks and abuse at their work.