Building character and resilience, offering mediation, focusing on students’ routes to and from school, and developing strong pupil-staff relationships are all key to tackling gang involvement.
A new report based on the experiences of five alternative provision schools in three UK cities offers a range of practical advice aimed at helping all schools to improve safety and security.
Safer Schools has been compiled by the Dawes Unit, a specialist gangs research unit within Catch22, a social enterprise aimed at building resilience and aspiration in communities. It is published alongside a snapshot survey of teachers’ views on gang culture in schools.
The survey finds that 27 per cent of the teachers polled, the majority of who are from mainstream schools, are concerned about rising levels of gang activity inside their schools; 31 per cent reported a knife incident during the past 12 months.
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