A school in Greater Manchester has been plunged into lockdown following a serious incident this morning.
Pupils at Cedar Mount Academy in Gorton have reportedly been told to stay in their classrooms.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said officers responded to reports of a ‘threat made to the school’.
They said there was ‘no ongoing risk or threat’ but added they would remain on the premises to ‘provide reassurance’.
A spokesperson from GMP said: ‘Officers are at Cedar Mount Academy in Gorton after they alerted us to a reported threat made to the school.
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‘We’ve responded and identified no ongoing risk or threat to anyone in the school.
‘We’re remaining at the school to provide reassurance as we start to investigate the circumstances behind the reported threat.’
In posts on social media, parents with children at the school have said they are ‘under tables’ and the school is ‘swarmed with police.’