A “conspiracy of silence” on violence in schools has allowed the problem to spiral out of control. MSP Willie Rennie claimed education bosses and government ministers are not prepared to admit the scale of the crisis.
He spoke out after a horrific video emerged of an attack on a schoolgirl in his constituency. He said the disturbing image of a young girl being kicked in the face would stay with him “forever”.
Footage of the brutal attack on the young pupil at Waid Academy in Anstruther, Fife, shows the girl lying on the floor trying to cover her head as she is repeatedly punched and kicked twice in the head.
