Ann Maguire was stabbed in the classroom on April 28 in a week there were 36 other knife incidents

One school-based knife incident an hour was reported to police during the week of school teacher Ann Maguire's death.

Mrs Maguire was stabbed at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, Yorkshire on April 28.

In that same week, 37 separate knife crimes were reported in schools across England, Wales and Scotland according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.

In West Yorkshire, where Mrs Maguire was killed, there was just one reported incident.

However, between 2011 and 2013 there were 21 reported incidents involving weapons across West Yorkshire involving either knives, knuckle dusters and hammers - with the youngest suspect just 11 years old.

Seven of those pupils were charged, nine received cautions, five were sent to a restorative justice scheme and two faced no further action.

Elsewhere in the week of Mrs Maguire's death, there were 12 reported knife crimes in schools in Greater Manchester, with four each in Scotland and South Wales. There were three school-based knife crimes in the West Midlands and two in Nottinghamshire.

According to the Mirror, in total, 37 similar crimes were reported across the country.

West Midlands Police reported 1,190 crimes involving weapons in schools between 2009 and 2013 involving suspects aged between eight and 36.

Police in the West Midlands investigated crimes involving bricks, bottles, handguns, iron bars, chairs and stun guns.

SCHOOL-BASED KNIFE INCIDENTS 12 Greater Manchester 4 Scotland 4 South Wales 3 West Midlands 2 Nottinghamshire 1 West Yorkshire 11 Others Reported knife incidents during the week of Ann Maguire's death April 28- May 5 2014 Advertisement

In 2010, one axe incident was reported in a West Midlands school.

Other pupils have been found with daggers, flick knives, machetes and other forms of sharp implements.

Detectives have also investigated crimes in schools involving acid, boiling water, cigarette burning and one concerning a rope.

According to the figures released, between 2009 and 2013, the most common weapon used in school in the West Midlands was a brick or a stone although over that period there were 177 incidents involving knives and other sharp implements.

A 16-year-old boy is due to stand trial for Mrs Maguire's death later this year.

Abigail Kegg of the Ben Kinsella Trust said: 'Many of the young people we work with tell us that they don't feel safe in their own areas. Some want to carry a weapon thinking they are going to protect themselves but it can put them at more risk.'