TEACHERS in Wales urged the Welsh government today to convene an all-Wales summit to protect teachers and pupils from violent and abusive behaviour in the classroom.

NASUWT members at Caldicot High School, Monmouthshire, and Pencoedtre High School in Barry went on strike recently over issues with pupil behaviour and safety in the classroom.

The union’s general secretary Dr Patrick Roach said: “We do not accept a situation in which teachers in Wales feel abandoned by their employers or by the Welsh government.