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There are very very very few situations where a pupil *repeatedly* assaults a teacher. Very few. Because whilst expulsion may not be so common, for hitting teachers it's still pretty standard as a punishment. Also, at the very least the student is barred from that particular class amongst other punishments. They don't just get to keep going to the class as if nothing happened.

In fact OP, I'd be keen to hear if there's any situations you know of of a single pupil repeatedly attacking the same teacher. I highly doubt it.

Also, the comparison your drawing isn't relevant.
There are some lines of work where assault by customers etc is not the Norm and needs immediately resolved and punished and others where when working with certain people its a common occurrence.

If you asked a care worker, a mental health nurse, a policeman, a soldier etc if they expected to be assaulted the answer would be yes. I'd argue that a teacher sits somewhere in between the two extremes. They don't have control over who they teach initially until an incident occurs and they can refuse to have a particular student in their class . They have to deal with the public, sure, but they aren't a shop that can just ban someone from entering.

So my point being that given they are semi forced to work with kids, some of whom maybe challenged in different ways, some of whom maybe little shits etc and they can't control who they teach it's a hazard of the occupation even though in an ideal world it shouldn't be. Kids whether bad or well behaved have a right to an education in this country its a civil and legal right. So, teachers cannot just say without an incident occurring I'm not teaching them.

Also, by not going into work, they are not teaching any of the other 30 students in their class they have a duty of care over. There maybe one problem child, but if they say they aren't going to work , whether due to legal red tape or not, then they obviously won't get paid.