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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 with a knife at a Bradford school and a pupil is being hunted by detectives. | |
| 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. |
| He ran from the site following the incident, the school said. | |
| 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." |
| A spokeswoman for the force said a "considerable" search was under way. | A spokeswoman for the force said a "considerable" search was under way. |
| 'Desperately sad' | '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, the school said it was continuing to operate as normal and staff were working with police. | |
| "Our main priority at the moment is the well-being of our student and staff community and reassuring our parents. All students are safe and calm and have responded with tremendous maturity during a very difficult time," it added. | |
| Ian Murch, from the Bradford branch of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), described the situation as "difficult." | 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. | "This is desperately sad and quite shocking. It does raise issues about knives in school," he said. |
| Mr Murch said school stabbings were rare but it was the second incident of its kind in recent years, referring to the murder by a pupil of Ann Maguire at a school in Leeds, in April last year. | Mr Murch said school stabbings were rare but it was the second incident of its kind in recent years, referring to the murder by a pupil of Ann Maguire at a school in Leeds, in April last year. |
| Will Cornick, 16, was given a life sentence for killing Spanish teacher Mrs Maguire, at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Halton Moor. | Will Cornick, 16, was given a life sentence for killing Spanish teacher Mrs Maguire, at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Halton Moor. |
| Bradford Council leader David Green said the stabbing had deeply shocked and traumatised students, school colleagues and the wider community. | Bradford Council leader David Green said the stabbing had deeply shocked and traumatised students, school colleagues and the wider community. |
| Labour MP Judith Cummins, whose Bradford South constituency includes the school, called for calm. | Labour MP Judith Cummins, whose Bradford South constituency includes the school, called for calm. |
| She said: "It's too early to draw parallels between the incident with Ann Maguire. I think we need to recognise that there's an ongoing investigation and concentrate on looking after the victim, the school and the teachers." | She said: "It's too early to draw parallels between the incident with Ann Maguire. I think we need to recognise that there's an ongoing investigation and concentrate on looking after the victim, the school and the teachers." |
| 'No reflection on staff' | 'No reflection on staff' |
| Operating since September 2011, the academy, formerly called the King's Science Academy, was one of the first free schools to open and has about 700 pupils. | Operating since September 2011, the academy, formerly called the King's Science Academy, was one of the first free schools to open and has about 700 pupils. |
| It has since become part of the Dixons academy group. | 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". | 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". |
| West Yorkshire MP Alec Shelbrooke told BBC Radio Leeds: "This should not be seen as reflection on the school, its leadership or staff." | West Yorkshire MP Alec Shelbrooke told BBC Radio Leeds: "This should not be seen as reflection on the school, its leadership or staff." |
| Education secretary Nicky Morgan said she was being constantly updated on the situation. | |
| "Violence of any kind in schools is totally unacceptable," she added. | |
| The school recently hit the headlines after its founder and principal Sajid Hussain Raza was charged with fraud relating to his involvement with Kings. | The school recently hit the headlines after its founder and principal Sajid Hussain Raza was charged with fraud relating to his involvement with Kings. |
| He and two other members of staff - Shabana Hussain, 38, and Daud Khan, 43 - will stand trial in June 2016. | He and two other members of staff - Shabana Hussain, 38, and Daud Khan, 43 - will stand trial in June 2016. |