Four staff at Ballarat school injured by ‘distressed’ student

Two female staff at a Ballarat secondary school have been taken to hospital after they were injured trying to subdue a teenage student.

Four staff members from a Ballarat secondary school have been injured trying to subdue a distressed student, according to police.

Emergency services were called to the school, which the Ballarat News has chosen not to name, at 8.30am on Friday after reports a student was suffering an episode and behaving aggressively.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said four staff members suffered minor injuries in an altercation with the student and two were taken to hospital for observation.

“Police attended the scene and spoke with the distressed student who was subsequently taken to hospital for assessment,” she said.

An Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman said paramedics were called to the high school about 9.30am, taking two women, one in her 40s and the other in her 60s, to Ballarat Hospital.

“A teenage patient was taken to Ballarat Hospital in a stable condition,” she said.

Police are yet to lay charges but investigations continue.