The Courier has seen a shocking video of an assault on a schoolgirl in a Fife classroom.
The incident, which involved another girl, took place at Waid Academy, Anstruther, on Monday.
The disturbing 14-second clip, which we have chosen not to publish, was taken by a pupil in the classroom at the time of the incident who showed it to his father.
It shows a girl approach the female victim, who is sitting on a chair, before hitting her on the body and pulling her off the chair to the floor.
Once on the floor, the girl stands over her and appears to continue punching her on the arm before kicking her in the back of the head.
She is heard telling the victim to “get up” before apparently kicking her twice in the face.
A voice, understood to be that of a teacher who has just entered the room, then shouts at the girl to stop.
Waid Academy assault not reported to police
Waid Academy did not report the incident to Police Scotland and the school confirmed it is dealing with it internally.
The father of the pupil who captured the video revealed his son has shot footage of several fights at the school over the last few weeks.
He claims they have “gotten progressively worse”.
He said: “My son has various videos taken over the last few weeks of fights at Waid in Anstruther.
“They have gotten progressively worse and this is the latest that happened yesterday.
“No teachers [were] present in [the] room to stop it.
“Nothing [was] done afterwards and [I’m] told next classes had to go in with blood all over floor afterwards.
“Is this what we want for our children – no supervision, bullies and assault?”
Call for ‘appropriate action’
SNP councillor for the East Neuk and Landward Alycia Hayes had not seen the video, but had heard what it depicted.
She said:Â “These type of videos are always shocking to see.
I would expect the education authorities and/or the police to take the appropriate action to punish the instigator.”
SNP councillor Alycia Hayes
“Violence, regardless of who is committing it and who is on the receiving end, is only ever going to make a bad situation worse.
“I would expect the education authorities and/or the police to take the appropriate action to punish the instigator.”
Incident dealt with ‘proportionately’
Waid Academy head teacher Scott Duncan said the school has “very robust policies and procedures in school to deal with this kind of behaviour”.
He said: “This incident was dealt with swiftly and proportionately and we are continuing to work with those involved and their parents.
We don’t tolerate behaviour of this kind in our school and I can’t stress enough that this kind of behaviour is not indicative of the vast majority of pupils at Waid Academy.”
Waid Academy headteacher Scott Duncan
“We don’t tolerate behaviour of this kind in our school and I can’t stress enough that this kind of behaviour is not indicative of the vast majority of pupils at Waid Academy.”
A Police Scotland spokesman said they had received no reports of an assault at Waid Academy.
