Fresh reports indicate that attacks on British teachers by schoolchildren have doubled in the past six years.

According to the British daily, the Daily Mirror, record numbers of the youngest schoolchildren are being suspended for attacking teachers.

Reception class pupils of four or five were sent home after assaulting adults 940 times last year, the report said, noting that there were also cases of assaults on classmates, verbal abuse, sexual misconduct, bullying and racism.

It added that another 510 were ­temporarily excluded for assaulting playmates, 310 for persistent disruption, 130 for verbal abuse, 20 for vandalism, ten for sexual misconduct and a handful for bullying or racist acts.

This is while campaigners blame video games and online images for the rise in school violence and misbehavior.

They have also warned about children’s exposure to such audio and video materials, saying any rise in antisocial behavior, particularly among the younger generations, remains a source of concern.