Cornish school goes into lockdown amid 'potentially serious incident'
Police were called to review a 'wooden object' brought in by a pupil
A Cornish school went into lockdown in response to what it said could have been a 'potentially serious incident'.
Children at Saltash Community School were asked to stay in their classrooms on Friday morning and police were called to the scene.
The school posted on Facebook to say it understands it was distressing for the children but the situation was resolved within 20 minutes.
Bosses have confirmed the school site is safe and operating as normal again.
"In response to a potentially serious incident today, we had to follow our Lockdown procedure; asking the children to remain in their classrooms whilst the police attended the site.
"We know that this was distressing for the children, but we were able to resolve the situation within 20 minutes.
"We were very proud of the way they responded to this unexpected event.
"We can confirm that the site is now safe and we are operating as normal."
Saltash Community School
Police have confirmed that they were called to the scene to review a 'wooden object' that was brought in by a pupil.
"Police were called to Saltash Community School at around 9.30am this morning with a request to review a wooden object brought in by a pupil.
"The matter was left with the school’s senior management."
Devon and Cornwall Police