It was the second time the school had gone into lockdown in a week. On Jan
29, Sean Pender, the head teacher, reportedly sent a message to parents
saying: “The reason for the lockdown was due to threatening behaviour
between a small number of students, where threats were made of physical
violence.”
A 2023 Ofsted report rated the school, which had 1,398 pupils at that time, as “good”.
