Teaching assistant reveals that she suffered a miscarriage when she was violently kicked in the stomach by a student
A survey done by the GMB union found out that a teaching assistant suffered a miscarriage after a student of hers violently kicked her in the stomach. The assistant is one among more than half of school support staff who have come forward and said that they have gone through workplace violence with some of them even being threatened by parents of the students. The assaults that have been named by members of the union have said that there have been stabbings as well as a case of attempted strangulation by an 8-year-old student. Teaching assistants and other staff in schools have said that they have been kicked, punched, and bitten in some instances.
The Daily Mail reported that one person has told the GMB that they have had feces thrown at them and others have come forward and said that they have been spat at and have also had their hair cut off. The teaching assistant, who has remained anonymous, has said: "I was pregnant and a child kicked me really hard."