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| Bradford teacher stabbed at Dixons Kings Academy | Bradford teacher stabbed at Dixons Kings Academy |
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| A teacher has been stabbed and a pupil is being hunted by detectives in Bradford. | A teacher has been stabbed and a pupil is being hunted by detectives in Bradford. |
| The male teacher, 50, was attacked at Dixons Kings Academy at 08:55 BST, police said. | The male teacher, 50, was attacked at Dixons Kings Academy at 08:55 BST, police said. |
| He has been taken to hospital where his condition has been described as stable. | He has been taken to hospital where his condition has been described as stable. |
| West Yorkshire Police are searching for a boy, 14, in connection with the attack. He is described as Asian, with short dark hair and was last seen wearing a blue uniform blazer. | West Yorkshire Police are searching for a boy, 14, in connection with the attack. He is described as Asian, with short dark hair and was last seen wearing a blue uniform blazer. |
| Det Supt Simon Atkinson said: "We are conducting enquiries in the area to locate a suspect and I would like to reassure residents and staff that all necessary resources are being deployed to investigate this ongoing and clearly very serious incident." | Det Supt Simon Atkinson said: "We are conducting enquiries in the area to locate a suspect and I would like to reassure residents and staff that all necessary resources are being deployed to investigate this ongoing and clearly very serious incident." |
| 'Desperately sad' | |
| He added there was no ongoing risk to pupils or staff at the school. | He added there was no ongoing risk to pupils or staff at the school. |
| In a statement on its website, the school said it was continuing to operate as normal and staff were working with police on its investigation. | |
| Ian Murch, from the Bradford branch of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), described the situation as "difficult." | |
| "This is desperately sad and quite shocking. It does raise issues about knives in school," he said. | |
| Operating since September 2011, the academy was one of the first free schools to open. It has since become part of the Dixons academy group. | Operating since September 2011, the academy was one of the first free schools to open. It has since become part of the Dixons academy group. |
| At its last Ofsted inspection in December, the school was told it required improvement. Behaviour of pupils was described as "improving" but that a small minority were "disruptive". |