Your World of Legal Intelligence
 United Kingdom | +44 (0) 20 7284 8080

New guidance on responding to knife crime to be rolled out in schools across North East; The guidance has been adapted for use across the region to ensure teachers know how to respond if a blade is found in school.

Document Cited in Related
Vincent

Byline: By, David Huntley

Vital new guidance on how schools can respond to incidents involving knives or other weapons is set to be rolled out.

As part of a commitment to tackling knife crime and ensuring the safety of students and teachers, the Northumbria Violence Reduction Unit, Northumbria Police and local councils have come together to develop guidance for schools. The guidance follows early work from South Tyneside Council, which has been adapted for use across the region to ensure teachers know how to respond if a blade is found on school premises.

Within the guidance, further information is provided on safely searching a youth suspected of carrying a knife, how to record the incident and when to contact the police. The guidance also takes a preventative approach by looking to establish why a pupil may be carrying a knife and if there are any underlying concerns or risks to address in order to prevent serious and violent crime.

Director of the Northumbria Violence Reduction Unit, Steven Hume said: "This comprehensive guidance provides a unified approach to addressing incidents involving knives should they be brought into schools, whilst also focusing on prevention and support for those involved. It is essential to equip schools with the tools and knowledge they need to respond to an incident if one were to occur, however no one should be feel the need to carry a knife. The roll out of the guidance is a very important step in tackling knife crime, which will see it sit alongside the wider work of the Violence Reduction Unit and our partners."

The roll out comes as part of the Violence Reduction Unit's wider work to educate young people on the impact and consequences of knife crime through its dedicated education team, as well as its Student Support Champions currently...

To continue reading

Request your trial
COPYRIGHT MGN Ltd.

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT