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Police 'called to 7,000 school incidents'
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The Conservatives obtained the statistics through Freedom of Information Act requests and described them as "very worrying".
But teaching unions insist schools are safe and said the Tories should dig deeper to come up with details about the exact reasons behind the calls.
Shadow children's secretary Michael Gove said: "The number of violent incidents in schools that lead to police being called is very worrying.
"There will always be the odd occasion when teachers need to call on the police for support with a serious incident but at the moment they do not have sufficient powers to nip discipline problems in the bud."
The Metropolitan Police was summoned the most, with 2,698 calls, while Thames Valley had 697 calls and Kent had 425.
Christine Blower, acting general secretary of the NUT, said: "Whilst Michael Gove's initial reading of the figures could look worrying, he should dig deeper into the reasons why schools phone the police.
"An important reason is that police/school liaison has improved tremendously since the problems with security experienced by schools a decade ago. The second is that there are a minority of pupils whose behaviour has become much worse."
Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said the figures did not give a "complete picture".
She said: "Any violent incident in schools is, of course, a cause for concern. These figures, however, raise more questions than they answer.
"They are not a complete picture across all police forces and fail to take account of the variations in police response policies.
"The figures do not highlight whether the incidents are pupil on pupil, pupil on teacher, or involve intruders or visitors to the premises.
"It is, therefore, unsafe to draw any firm conclusions from these figures."
A spokeswoman for the Department for Children, Schools and Families said Ofsted figures showed in 93 per cent of primary and 72 per cent of secondary schools pupils' behaviour is good or outstanding.
She added: "The overwhelming majority of schools are safe and behaviour is very good.
"We want schools to work closely with the police as part of the Safer School Partnerships and to take a hard line when dealing with poor behaviour.
"Headteachers have more powers than ever to deal with discipline problems.
"We do not recognise these figures. However we have seen no evidence that violent incidents increased in schools."
A spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers said police forces worked closely with schools to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.