Compensation to teachers or teaching assistants for injuries sustained at schools or outside schools
Case reference FOI2022/01447
Published 4 November 2022
Request
In the last financial year 2021/2022 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 2021/2022 regardless of when the incident took place.
Response
In the last financial year 2021/2022 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 2021/2022 regardless of when the incident took place.
In 2019 Herefordshire Council gave schools the option to insure either via the government's Risk Protection Arrangement or directly via Zurich Municipal, therefore Herefordshire Council does not hold the data requested.
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