Stabbing at a school in Wales this lunchtime.

Children who are a danger to others need to be removed from mainstream but the process is extremely difficult; meanwhile innocent pupils are frightened and bullied.

A 'Remove' at the local comprehensive works well. Difficult, disruptive pupils are removed from their class mates and taught almost in isolation in a separate part of the school, every teacher in the school taking turns, and they work harder than ever before. They also get individual attention and praise when deserved, Every privilege has to be earned, and they are not returned to their normal classes until they have proved their behaviour has improved. The first transgression and they are back.
I doubt very much if this is the first incident of bad behaviour from this pupil. Bringing a flick knife into school is 'unusual', actually using it rare, but becoming more common.

Thanks eazybee, that puts your use of protection into context. Surely they wouldn’t let this girl back to the school after such a serious incident, but I take your point about it being difficult to source support outside the mainstream, particularly in such a rural area, and the impact it that it would have on other pupils and the staff if she were to return to the school.

The knife attacks are bad enough but I'm horrified that a pupil hit a teacher on the head 6 times with a hammer. And prior to that, 2 other pupils had been very badly beaten with the hammer whilst sleeping in their beds. What's causing this juvenile violence?