Police arrest boy after school goes into lockdown

Police were called to a school in Derbyshire following reports a boy had acted aggressively and threatened staff.

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Green Road, Ashbourne, was placed into lockdown on Monday.

Officers were called just after 10:25 GMT and arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of assaulting an officer.

The school said in a statement there had been an incident which triggered a lockdown, but wanted to reassure parents all children were safe and well and the incident had been "effectively dealt with".

Some parents collected their children early and one told the BBC pupils had been put into a room and told not to use their mobile phones.

Another said their son, who was visibly upset, would not be returning to school for the rest of the day.

Scott Garrity, the head teacher of the school, said the safety and wellbeing of students were "our utmost priority".

In a statement, he said the school went into lockdown for 50 minutes "as a precaution", and added: "We would like to reassure parents and carers, and our wider community, that students and staff are safe and no-one has been injured. The incident has been dealt with and the school has come out of lockdown.

"As legal proceedings are now active with an arrest having been made, we will not be commenting in further detail on this incident.

"We would also ask that our community avoid speculating or publishing any information about the incident on any channels to enable the police investigation to take its course."

Derbyshire Police said inquiries were still ongoing and confirmed no-one was injured.

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