School harassment - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
School harassment
FOI Number
190
Date Received
16/02/2022
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
*The number of (i)sexual assault and (ii)harassment complaints made in schools in the last three years. Please break this down by year. If possible, provide details on whether this involved pupils or teachers. *The number of times Police Scotland called to due to (i) sexual assault and (ii)harassment complaints made in schools in the last three years. Please break this down by year.
Response
Formal complaints 1 April 2018 and 20 March 2022:-2018 – 1 Complaint - Sexualised behaviour/Harassment (Pupils)
2019 – 2 complaints of verbal sexual remarks (Pupils)
2020 – 1 complaint of sexual assault (Pupil) - 2 complaints of Harassment (Pupil)
2021 – Zero complaints recorded.
In each of the above years the police have been called 3 times due to harassment.