Pornography and lockdown have driven a rise in sexual threats by pupils against teachers, a teacher has said, after a survey found one in eight have been physically assaulted by a pupil in the last year.
Speaking at the NASUWT teaching union conference, Wendy Exton, a teacher in alternative provision, said physical assaults had become “part of the job” and it was increasingly common for pupils to threaten to rape, stab or harm their teachers and families.
She said: “The threats of sexual assault are becoming increasingly common, due to the abuse of online porn, Covid lockdown and their inability to understand acceptable and appropriate behaviour.
“Recently I read the local court column in the paper, and two of my ex-pupils had been imprisoned for
