A secondary school has denied claims that intruders were jumping over its walls “in balaclavas with knives”.
Durrington High School in The Boulevard, Worthing, addressed “some worrying posts on social media” last night following claims of an incident at the school during the day.
The school said it would have gone into “full lockdown procedures and the police would have been called” if an incident such as this had taken place.
One parent described how his child witnessed a “ridiculous day” at the school.
He said: “My child said last night there were fights, the isolation block was full. He never mentioned balaclavas or knives.”
Sussex Police confirmed it was an internal matter dealt with by the school and there were “no knives or intruders”. The force also did not attend the school.
Durrington High School told The Argus the claims were “ridiculous” and “complete nonsense”.
Co-headteacher Chris Woodcock urged parents and pupils to be more careful about reporting “falsehoods” on social media and to go to the school directly instead with any concerns.
The school denied there were any fights or students sent to isolation.
The post last night read: “We wanted to write to you regarding some worrying posts on social media yesterday that have been brought to our attention. These involve accounts of people from outside the school jumping over the walls of the school, in balaclavas with knives, threatening our students resulting in the police having to be called.
“We would like to...
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