She launched a scathing attack on both the city council’s education department and the Educational Institute of Scotland.

Mrs Ross was suspended from Sidlaw View Primary School in September last year after her husband Vic publicly alleged that pupils regularly subjected teachers to physical violence.

An independent inquiry panel later found the claims to be exaggerated. Mrs Ross returned to work, at Longhaugh, but was sacked for “gross misconduct” this month after a lengthy dispute.

Speaking to the Tele today, Mrs Ross said Dundee City Council was failing to live up to its responsibilities to teachers while the violence worsens, and blasted its bureaucratic response to the problem.

She said, “My husband was mocked by Dundee City Council and the independent inquiry panel when I was suspended in September 2007 for saying staff were regularly assaulted in Dundee city schools.

“Three hundred and fifty-five incidents is only the tip of the iceberg.

“Teachers are so fed up with no action being taken they often don’t fill in these time consuming forms, and who can blame them?

“I myself have completed these forms. Each one is counter-signed by the head teacher and sent to the Director of Education, who sends a letter in reply to say the incident is regrettable.

“The Education Department collates the figures, yes, but that is all they do! It is left up to the head teacher to take any action, if possible, using the limited resources available.”

She also accused the city council of taking the cheap option by leaving disruptive pupils in classes, regardless of incidents of serious indiscipline.

“Inclusion is the real issue behind these figures,” she explained.

“Too many badly disturbed children are let down by the system and placed in mainstream schools where they cannot cope. There is no longer anywhere suitable for them to go where they can receive the specialised education they deserve and inclusion is a cheaper option”

Also criticised was the Educational Institute of Scotland, whose spokesman, Danny McDonald, yesterday expressed his “surprise and disappointment” that violence in Dundee’s primary schools was on the increase – a fact that should have come as no shock to Mr McDonald, according to Mrs Ross.

“The EIS should be ashamed of themselves,” she said. “They are well aware of the situation.

“This situation has been deteriorating for the last 10 years since they asked for a collation of statistics.

“They have done absolutely nothing. They have let down their members and they won’t disturb the status quo.

“Where was their support when my job was on the line? They stood by and watched me being persecuted.”

Mrs Ross, who has launched an appeal against her dismissal, said fear was behind the silence from former colleagues.

“The fact teachers did not support me openly was upsetting but expected.

“They were scared of speaking out because of what might happen to them, and I am the proof.”

The EIS were unable to comment on Mrs Ross’ allegations at the time of going to press.