Police issue statement after Derbyshire school locked down and 15-year-old pupil arrested

Hundreds of pupils at a Derbyshire school were locked down today after it was reported that a student was behaving aggressively and threatening staff. Police were called to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Ashbourne just before 10.30am on Monday, February 24.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and the school has been in the process of lifting the lockdown with pupils allowed to finish for the day at 1pm. Derbyshire police have now released this statement: "We received a report of a student behaving aggressively and threatening staff at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Green Road, Ashbourne, just after 10.25am today.

“The school instigated their lockdown procedure and contacted police. Officers attended and a 15-year-old boy was arrested for assaulting a police officer.

"The school is currently in the process of coming out of their lockdown procedure. Inquiries into the incident are ongoing." The police added that there had been no reports of other assaults or injuries and that no weapon had been seen or recovered.

Derbyshire Live has spoken to a parent, who has two children, aged 11 and 14 at the school, and wished to remain anonymous. He said: "They both have mobile phones and called me to tell me that the school was in lockdown.

"But they did not have any other information although there were plenty of rumours about what was happening. I hurriedly drove back to Ashbourne and have now heard from them to say they will be able to leave school at around 1pm.

"It was quite a worrying time not knowing quite what was happening." Derbyshire Live has asked the school if it wishes to comment on the situation.