Compensation to teachers or teaching assistants for injuries sustained at schools or outside schools for 2022 to 2023 - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. In the last financial year 2022/2023 please provide me with the number of settlements and the total amount paid as compensation to teachers or teaching assistants for injuries sustained at schools or outside schools. For each incident please provide me with the amount of compensation, costs and a summary of the claim.

Please clearly indicate any incidents where compensation was made to staff as a result of an injury sustained from an attack by a pupil, or in an incident when trying to restrain a violent pupil.

Note: The question relates to payments made in 2022/2023 regardless of when the incident took place. If the settlement was made by the authority's insurers it is still information "held" by your authority under the terms of the Act.

Decision

1. One claim a teaching assistant was bitten by a child settled at £18.70 with legal costs of £227.25 total £245.95.

Reference number
8295685
Date request received
6 November 2023
Date of decision
28 November 2023