17-05-2025
Weapons seized from Scots school pupils EVERY DAY shock figures show
The data reveals a situation more than twice as bad as that laid out by Justice Secretary Angela Constance last month
EVERY DAY'S A TOOL DAY Weapons seized from Scots school pupils EVERY DAY shock figures show
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WEAPONS are being seized every day in schools across Scotland, shocking police figures reveal.
A record 248 'tools' such as knives were confiscated in 2024 — equating to at least one a day across the 190-day term.
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Weapons are being seized every day in Scots schools
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It is nearly double the previous recorded high of 169 seizures in 2018.
The details emerged after The Scottish Sun revealed cops are probing claims a P3 boy aged seven took a blade into school to attack a pupil at Heathfield Primary in Ayr.
Police Scotland data shows weapons found last year included 137 knives or other blades, including 33 used in crimes beyond possession.
A total of 111 other weapons were found, including 76 used to commit further crimes.
The data reveals a situation more than twice as bad as that laid out by Justice Secretary Angela Constance last month.
She only disclosed 109 weapons used in other criminal activity — omitting 139 seized before being wielded.
Scottish Labour's education spokeswoman Pam Duncan-Glancy said: 'Teachers have been sounding the alarm for years that violence in schools is getting out of control but SNP ministers still aren't taking the crisis seriously.'
Her Tory counterpart Miles Briggs hit out: 'There's an epidemic of classroom violence thanks to the SNP's repeated failure to tackle the issue.
'Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth must act now to stamp out weapons in schools instead of dithering and passing the buck to councils and police.'
More than 1,200 weapons have been seized in schools since 2019, the police stats show.
In 2024, Glasgow had the highest number of seizures, at 28.
Aberdeenshire had 27 despite a far smaller population.
Edinburgh had 22 and Aberdeen 20.
Ms Gilruth was slated for skipping parly questions on school violence last month to campaign for the SNP in a council election.
Her no-show came hours after an alleged knife attack on a 12-year-old girl at Aberdeen's Hazlehead Academy.
The Scottish Government said: 'We are investing £6million to implement the Violence Prevention Framework to address youth violence, carrying of weapons and violence in schools."
