Teenager charged after three teachers and a pupil injured at Renfrewshire school
The incident happened this morning just before 11am at Johnstone High School
Last updated 12th May 2023
A 16-year-old girl has been charged in connection with a disturbance at Johnstone High School in Renfrewshire.
Police were called to the secondary at 10:45 this morning.
Three teachers aged 59, 48, 34 and a 14 year-old-pupil were found with injuries sustained in the disturbance.
In a statement, police said: “Around 10.45am on Friday, 12 May 2023, police received a report of a disturbance at a school in the Johnstone area of Renfrewshire.
“Officers attended and four females aged 59, 48, 34 and 14 years were found to have sustained injuries as a result of the incident. The three woman aged 59, 48 and 34 years were taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
“A 16-year-old girl has been charged in connection with the incident and will be reported to the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration."
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The council has released a statement which confirmed: "A pupil and three teachers were injured and received appropriate treatment."
It's as workplace protections are the main talking point at the NASUWT annual conference today.
The union's Mike Corbett said: "In our ballot of motions, the two motions that came out top relate to violence and to pupil behaviour.
"There's no doubt that our members very often feel they report issues but then they are not, in their view, properly supported."
It follows a strike at Glasgow's Bannerman High last year, in a dispute over dealing with reported safety risks in the classroom.
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