FOI Request - Violence in West End Primary School

Request 101003798736

1.  How many incidents of violence have been formally reported occurring within West End Primary over the last three years?

2.  How many of these incidents have been violence against pupils?

3.  How many of these incidents have been violence against staff?

4.  How many of these incidents have involved violence in the classroom?

5.  How many of these incidents have involved violence in the playground?

6.  How many perpetrators have been reported for causing violent incidents at West End Primary over the last three years?

Update received 09/06/2025:

7.a)  How many complaints have been made to the department for education regarding pupil on pupil violence at West End Primary over the last 5 years?
b)  How many complaints have been upheld?    

Please split the number of complaints by year (i.e. 2025, 2024 etc).

Response 27-06-2025

1. 2023 - 29 (staff) - No pupil info held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
2024 - 122
2025 - 181

2. 2023 - No Data Held. Section 17 - not held.
2024 - 62
2025 - 130

3. 2023 - 29
2024 - 60
2025 - 51

4. 2023 - 23
2024 - 91
2025 - 107

5. 2023 - 6
2024 - 31
2025 - 74

6. 2023 - Staff hurt by <5* pupils. No pupil data held. Section 17 - not held. 
2024 - Staff hurt by <5* pupils. Pupils hurt by 11 pupils
2025 - Staff hurt by <5* pupils. Pupils hurt by 17 pupils

* The low numbers associated with this response may result in the identification of individuals.
Therefore numbers of pupils between 1 and 5 have been redacted and marked with an asterisk
instead. This response is exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
- personal information.