While the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) report says resources “are best spent on evidence-based strategies” it is urging schools, colleges and alternative education providers to also consider strategies without robust evidence of success.
Trauma-informed teacher training and knife education programmes are among other unproven strategies to be considered, it adds.
The charity says while “there is very little research on the impact of having a police officer in school” settings should still consider this approach, which is already taking place in some settings and often organised through local Safer Schools partnerships.
“A police officer can work with several schools concurrently or with one school at a time,” explains the charity’s report.
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