Huge Upswing in School Violence in New South Wales Prompts Discipline Rethink

Students walk up the stairs of the overpass at the Sydney Light Rail Moore Park stop on their way to school in Sydney, Australia, on May 25, 2020. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

The number of violent assaults in New South Wales (NSW) schools has increased by more than half during the past decade, prompting a possible easing of restrictions on student suspensions.

Education Minister Prue Car has launched a review of limits introduced by the previous government on the duration and number of times a pupil can be suspended, which some teachers say leaves them with fewer tools to manage behaviour.