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Boy, 15, arrested after school forced into lockdown after student 'behaving aggressively and threatening staff'

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Ashbourne, Derbyshire,
Police were called to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Picture: Google

By Flaminia Luck

A boy has been arrested and a school has been placed into lockdown after a student was found to have been "behaving aggressively and threatening staff".

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Derbyshire Police said: "We received a report of a student behaving aggressively and threatening staff at Queen Elizabeth’s 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 are currently in the process of coming out of their lockdown procedure.

“Enquiries into the incident are ongoing.”