Year one pupils were sent home from a school after children were caught smoking an e-cigarette.
Staff at Brockworth Primary Academy in Gloucestershire found the children, who are aged five or six-years-old, with the vape.
Medical checks were carried out on a small number of pupils, Gloucestershire Live reported.
Parents have been informed of the incident, which happened on Wednesday morning.
According to a parent at the school, the e-cigarette was brought in by an older pupil.
An investigation is now underway to find out how the item was brought into school.
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A spokesperson for Brockworth Primary said: “We have written to all parents to make them aware that yesterday an e-cigarette was brought into school from home without parents’ knowledge.
"As a precaution, medical checks were arranged for the small number of children involved, and all children are safe and well.
"We are carrying out a further investigation into how this happened and will be running a series of sessions with the children over the coming weeks around keeping themselves safe and making the right choices when they are with their friends.”
