The resources available to schools to investigate this sort of thing are low to none, and have been for some time. Unless you've got a good image of their face or willing witness, it would be a 'you said, they said' level of evidence even if you could clearly identify the attackers.
(I imagine the teachers will have a fairly good idea of which students it may be, but actually having evidence to take action is a completely different kettle of fish).
While it is true that school resources are stretched, the statement was made that "people recording violent fights where people get seriously hurt and racing to be the first to post them on tik tok and instagram"; if this is happening in school then unless the footage is incredibly poor quality, it should be relatively straightforward to identify the attackers.
They are reported, punishments(when they are given) aren't strong enough to deter people from doing them.
If there is video evidence of violent fights, this needs to be sent directly to the police as well as the school.
I followed it up a few months later, no reply. It has been years now, there is probably no record of it now.
A parent/carer called the school and they simply didn't agree to speak to them?
I can only imagine there is a similar situation in many schools across the country.
I think you'd need to be a bit more specific about what you think is happening; if the suggestion is that violent fights are regularly recorded and uploaded
and then nothing is done about them, I would seriously question that.
There is the separate debate about whether or not there is any punishment that schools can give out which is effective for the worst kids; the answer is sadly that there
isn't any such punishment that is an
effective deterrent to
some kids, but that's a whole topic in itself.
This indifference on the schools part is what is leading to this sort of stuff getting online.
I doubt
that; what I think
is encouraging this sort of stuff getting online is the views and attention it gets, encouraged by the (lax) moderation and policies of organisations such as TikTok.
Are there really schools up and down the country who are given regular footage of fights occurring in schools, which the schools then choose not to look at and refuse to speak to the victims? I find that very difficult to believe.
Today, trespassing in the drivers cab, tomorrow stabbings and other violent crimes. All for attention on social media. What a world to live in.
Sadly, stabbings and violent crimes are not merely crimes of "tomorrow" and have been around for a very long time, but this belongs in a separate thread if you wish to discuss that further (it may be worth exploring some statistics).