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The Hawick Paper

School head cites ‘a small minority’

Friday, February 6th, 2026

Burnfoot Community School. PICTURE: ILF IMAGING

Senior staff at Burnfoot Community School have insisted “the positives outweigh the negatives” following safety concerns highlighted in The Hawick Paper last week.

The assurance came from joint-head teacher Jenni Corson at a meeting of Burnfoot Community Council on Monday night, after reports emerged that a pupil had allegedly brandished a knife in the school.

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