Compensation for Teacher Injury - 2024-25 - Unitary
Case reference FOI2025/02118
Received 24 October 2025
Published 18 November 2025
Request
In the last financial year 2024/2025 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 2024/2025 regardless of when the incident took place. If the settlement was made by the authority's insurers it is still information "held" by your authority under the terms of the Act.
Response
In the last financial year 2024/2025 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 2024/2025 regardless of when the incident took place. If the settlement was made by the authority's insurers it is still information "held" by your authority under the terms of the Act.
Answer: This information is not held.
All schools in Herefordshire now manage their own insurance policies through the Government’s RPA scheme. Herefordshire Council no longer holds responsibility for any school insurance policies. As such, we do not hold any claims relating to those listed above.
To obtain this data you will need to contact all the schools in Herefordshire individually please see the link below to our schools directory.
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