The Wrexham branch of the NASUWT says that more pupils are bringing knives in to schools. At a meeting of the union's national executive later this month, it will table a motion calling for the union to back the introduction of new measures to improve security.
A spokesman at the union's Welsh national office admitted that school violence was increasing in some areas.
There were some problems at Wrexham schools, because the community was still suffering from the effects of riots between locals and Iraqi refugees last summer, he added.
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