Tewkesbury schools in lockdown due to police incident

A secondary schoolhouse successful Gloucestershire is successful lockdown owed to a constabulary "incident".

Emergency services were called to Tewkesbury School connected Ashchurch Road but did not springiness details of the incident.

Gloucestershire Police said: "The schoolhouse is successful lockdown portion constabulary are astatine the scene. More accusation volition beryllium released successful owed course."

Tirlebrook Primary School connected Brensham Road is besides successful lockdown owed to the incidental astatine Tewkesbury School.

In a connection to families, the superior schoolhouse said: "An incidental has occurred this greeting astatine Tewkesbury Academy (Tewkesbury School) and we person been advised by Tewkesbury Police to enactment successful spot a fastener down.

"We person a constabulary beingness astatine schoolhouse and are being afloat supported astatine this time."

The schoolhouse said that each children astatine Tirlebrook and Little Oaks, the nursery connected its grounds, were "safe and well".

"We indispensable inquire that families bash not travel to schoolhouse during this clip arsenic this could compromise the constabulary cognition presently underway and besides compromise the information of the children."