Schools...Safe anymore?

[Munsta]

dateline= Wrote:A science teacher arrested over a serious assault on a pupil is now being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder.

Peter Harvey was arrested after the incident on Wednesday at All Saints' Roman Catholic School in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

He is also being questioned about alleged attacks on two other schoolchildren.

Parents at the school gates said the 14-year-old boy, named as Jack Waterhouse. was allegedly hit with a weight which left him with serious head injuries.

One father said: "It's a massive shock and very sad because if there is something wrong with the teacher it cannot be totally his fault."

Claire Tonks, 23, who was dropping her nephew at the school said: "It's a good school and I can't believe it as it could have been my nephew."

A 48-year-old grandmother added: "The teacher has got to have been pushed to do it because he stands to lose his job."

Chris Holmes, 19, a semi-pro wrestler and former pupil at the school, said: "I'm shocked. He was an all right teacher and a decent guy."

He added: "He was not one of those guys where you would go 'Oh no, I've got him next'.

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