Police have been called to a Donington school after a reported intruder to the school led to a lockdown being temporarily put in place this morning (Tuesday February 11).
Students at Cowley Academy were told to follow the school’s ‘lockdown procedure’ following what a spokesman for the South Lincolnshire Academy Trust (SLAT) called ‘an incident’.
An email sent out to parents this lunchtime stated the lockdown procedure was activated ‘as a precautionary measure’ shortly before midday before the police attended. They lifted the lockdown at 12.15pm.
Mrs Conley, chief executive officer at South Lincolnshire Academies Trust said “As parents may be aware, we have lockdown procedures at the school.
“This procedure was activated today just before midday during period three due to an attempted intruder on the school site.
“The lockdown procedure was activated as a precautionary measure before the Police attended the incident. This was isolated with the lockdown lifted at 12.15pm.
“We would like to thank the students for following this procedure as they were exceptional in how they conducted themselves.
“The school will be holding an assembly with students to thank them for their professional conduct.”
A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “We received a report that a man had attended the school reception area and was being verbally aggressive at 11.32am.
“The school made a decision to lock down following internal procedures while they liaised with officers. The man did not enter the main building at any point.
“Our Force Control Room was in regular contact with the school, and officers were deployed to the area, and the man had left.
“A local area was search was carried out and he was not located. Staff have been advised to contact police again if he returns.”
