The Daily Sceptic reports on the latest joy of diversity:
A headteacher on Friday blamed bubbling "community tensions" for a chaotic outbreak of violence that saw pupils fighting running battles across school grounds, leaving one staff member hospitalised and others injured. The Mail has the story.
Up to 20 police cars swarmed the school gates as the mass fight broke out at 1,000-pupil Fir Vale Academy in Sheffield at midday Thursday.
Several staff members and students were injured and South Yorkshire Police said a member of staff was sent to hospital with wounds that were not life-threatening.
In a letter sent to parents yesterday afternoon, the school described the incident as having stemmed from "community tensions spilling over onto school grounds".
The academy school is in the inner-city Burngreave district of Sheffield.
Pupils were able to leave the premises safely at the end of the school day as there was no evidence of weapons being used. …
The new letter, published on the school's website and signed by Principal Danny Bullock, reads: "Dear Parents and Carers, You will be aware of a serious incident at school this morning which resulted in the police being called. Whilst taking place within school, the incident stemmed from recent community tensions.
"I would like to thank staff and the majority of students who were not involved for their calmness and responsibility during what was an unsettling event.
"We will be doing everything within our power to ensure that those responsible for the incident are dealt with effectively by the Police and the relevant authorities. We are clear that the school is not the appropriate forum for community tensions to be addressed and the school should be a place of respect, learning and stability.
"Behaviour of this nature will not be tolerated and the school will be taking swift, strong and decisive action around this.
"We are proud to serve a number of communities within the school but we will not allow tensions from outside to impact on the day to day running of the school.
"Please be assured that we are taking this incident extremely seriously and we will be working with those across the community to ensure it does not recur.
"The academy will be open as normal tomorrow and we look forward to welcoming students who represent the values of our academy." …
The latest census in 2021 showed the Burngreave ward had 8,396 people identifying as Christian, 12,692 as Muslim, 271 as other religions and 4,261 with no religion.
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