GLASGOW City Council is failing pupils, parents and teachers with its plans to cut staff numbers, teaching union NASUWT said today.

The union said that a freedom of information request to the council revealed that it had no risk assessment information on how the plans to cut teacher posts would impact pupil and staff safety.

The request also found that the council has higher class sizes in its primary schools than the Scottish average and that “there has been a considerable increase” in the number of assaults on staff and pupils in the past year.

NASUWT Scotland national official Mike Corbett said: “NASUWT believes that this all demonstrates that councillors have not been provided with the full information they need in order to make a decision with such wide-ranging consequences.

“Furthermore, it shows a system that is already under strain and can ill-afford further cuts, especially to something as vital as teacher numbers.

“We are in formal dispute with Glasgow City Council over this matter and call on the council to urgently review its ill-informed decision-making and reverse its damaging plans.”