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Teachers facing threats and harassment at work offered a lifeline in official report

Monday 25th March 2024

Creation of a ‘cohesion and conflict unit’ to stop intimidation at schools in England is one of the recommendations in a new government-commissioned review

School leaders have welcomed proposals for the creation of “a cohesion and conflict unit” to support teachers who face “freedom-restricting” threats and harassment during the course of their work.

It is one of a number of recommendations in a government-commissioned review into threats to social cohesion in England, which highlights the case of a religious studies teacher at a school in West Yorkshire who was forced into hiding following accusations of blasphemy.

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