A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire on Monday.
A student reportedly stabbed teacher Jamie Sansom, The Independent understands, whose condition is stable.
Following a lockdown lift, pupils with parents’ consent to leave early began to filter out of the site on Monday afternoon.
A statement from Gloucestershire Police posted on Twitter read: “An adult has been taken to hospital with a suspected stab wound following an incident at Tewkesbury School.
“We were called around 9.10am today (Monday) with a report a pupil had stabbed a teacher. A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Someone in the area wrote on social media of having “never seen so many police in one time before” and “hundreds of worried parents outside, worried for their kids”.
A nearby primary school, Tirlebrook Primary School was also placed on lockdown on police advice, with parents urged not to come to the school.
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