We surveyed more than 8,000 principals – they face violence, threats and stress in their schools
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What happened
Almost half of surveyed Australia’s school principals face physical violence in their jobs.
Why it matters
Almost 90% say they encounter offensive behaviour from students, parents and even colleagues, according to new survey results.
Common ground
The latest instalment in an annual survey of Australian principals shows how their exposure to aggression risks becoming normalised in schools.
Perspective signals
No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.
Follow-up questions
- What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: We surveyed more than 8,000 principals – they face violence, threats and stress in their schools?
- What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that School leaders continue to work long hours, averaging 53.9 hours per week during term and 19.6 hours during holidays?
- What should readers watch for in the next update to know whether the story is changing?
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Read the original article: https://theconversation.com/we-surveyed-more-than-8-000-principals-they-face-vio…
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 21 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.
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Claim 1: “School leaders continue to work long hours, averaging 53.9 hours per week during term and 19.6 hours during holidays.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
Claim 2: “Almost 90% say they encounter offensive behaviour from students, parents and even colleagues”
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Wikipedia entries for Australia, Australian Survivor, and Shania Twain's album contain no information about school principals or offensive behavior reports.
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— Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of 7,688…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
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— Australian Survivor: Australia V The World, also known as Survivor: Australia V The World, is the thirteenth season of Australian Survivor and the eleventh to air on Network 10, premiering on 17 Augus…
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— Come On Over is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain. Mercury Records in North America released it on November 4, 1997. Similar to her work on its predecessor, The Woman i…
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Claim 3: “This is well above an average working week in Australia (about 38 hours).”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
Claim 4: “Almost 54% experienced threats of violence. Students were the most common source of physical violence, while parents were the main source of threats.”
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Wikipedia entries for Australia, Survivor, and Shania Twain's album contain no data on threats or violence sources.
Claim 5: “There has been some reduction in reported hours worked. In 2011, 27% of participants reported working 60 hours or more, which has reduced to 22% in 2025.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
Claim 6: “Across the life of the project, we have seen important changes to try and improve conditions for principals.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
Claim 7: “25% scored at least a 'moderate' rating for anxiety and 23% scored at least a 'moderate' rating for depression”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
Claim 8: “These reports have increased significantly since the survey started in 2011.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to verify trends in violence reporting since 2011.
Claim 9: “54% agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, 'I often seriously consider leaving my current job'.”
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Claim 10: “The Victorian, Queensland, and NSW governments have introduced programs to reduce administrative loads...”
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Claim 11: “Over that time, 8,100 individual school leaders have completed at least one survey.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to support the 8,100 survey completions claim.
Claim 12: “Since 2011, our study has collected the experiences of 2,000–2,500 Australian school principals per year.”
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Wikipedia entries for Australia, South Australian elections, and The Australian newspaper contain no mention of the study or data collection methods.
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— Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of 7,688…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
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— This is a list of state elections in South Australia for the bicameral Parliament of South Australia, consisting of the House of Assembly (lower house) and the Legislative Council (upper house).
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— The Australian, including its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a six-days-a-week broadsheet-format newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. It is one of two Australian…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Australian
Claim 13: “Respondents come from primary and high schools around the country, and across the public, private and Catholic sectors.”
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Wikipedia entries for Australia, cities, and torpedoes provide no information about survey respondent demographics.
Claim 14: “Just last week, the NSW government introduced legislation to address aggressive parental behaviour...”
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Claim 15: “Public campaigns have tried to build community respect for the teaching profession.”
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Claim 16: “Some states have developed programs to support aspiring principals.”
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Claim 17: “Almost half of surveyed Australia’s school principals face physical violence in their jobs.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No relevant evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to support the claim about physical violence against Australian school principals.
Claim 18: “Principals also report they work an average of 54 hours a week.”
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Wikipedia entries about Australia's geography, cities, and torpedoes provide no data on school principals' working hours.
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— Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of 7,688…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
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— These lists of Australian cities by population provide rankings of Australian cities and towns according to various systems defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The eight Greater Capi…
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Claim 19: “Almost 90% of respondents say they are subject to some form of unacceptable/offensive behaviour in their jobs.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
Claim 20: “In 2025, nearly half of school leaders reported being subjected to physical violence.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to support the 2025 violence statistics.
Claim 21: “Given there are less than 10,000 schools across the nation, this is a strong sample of the people who lead our schools.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to verify the study's representativeness.
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