Pupils told to 'hide at back of classroom' after school goes into lockdown
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPupils were forced to 'hide at the back of classrooms' and put on 'code red' after a Greater Manchester school was plunged into lockdown this afternoon.
Police raced to Droylsden Academy in Tameside at around 12:20pm to reports of an intruder on the premises. The school confirmed that 'lockdown procedures' were initiated, but that police are treating the incident as a hoax.
Concerned parents gathered outside the secondary school anxious to collect their children after what they called a 'shocking' and 'unsettling' afternoon. READ MORE: 'I'm barely eating, I'm grieving and I'm being hounded by bailiffs' "The first I heard of it was when my daughter came out and said there had been a ‘Code Red’ and they had gone into lockdown," one parent told the Manchester Evening News. "She said they had to hide at the back or the classroom because there was an intruder in the building." Fatima Ali, 52, whose son is 11 said: “I only heard about it not that long ago.
There was a message in the app but I didn’t see that. Then there was an email later on explaining that was the first thing I saw.
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