Reports of knives in schools from September 2019 and July 2021

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.023918

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please provide me…

1) The number of reports which contain both the word ‘blade or point on school premises’ where the suspect was under 18. Please provide figures for the 2019/2020 and 2020/21 academic years (1 September to 31 July), broken down by age of suspect, local authority area and the name of the school (unless the name of the school is exempt from release).

2) For each of these incidents, if possible, please could you provide the outcome data (as used in the police.uk statistics)?

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

You will note that the names of the schools have not been provided, that is because this information would be exempt.