Violence in Fife schools has doubled in the last two years, a new report has revealed.

The figures come after a video on social media showing a shocking attack on a girl sparked widespread debate.

It prompted Fife Council to order a report into violent incidents in schools – and the figures revealed the worrying increase.

The paper was released on Tuesday and will be discussed at this week’s meeting of the education and scrutiny committee.

It found that school violence across the region has more than doubled since 2021. A total of 639 incidents have already been reported for 2023.

Now Councillor Aude Boubaker-Calder, the Liberal Democrats’ education spokesperson has called for immediate action.

The Dunfermline Central councillor said: “The recent incident at Waid Academy is just the tip of the iceberg and I am worried it will get worse if nothing is done.

“It is simply not acceptable that there were two and a half times more violent incidents in Fife’s schools last year compared to 2017. Just the two first months of this year are already totalling 639 incidents – there is clearly a crisis in our schools.”

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