The incident occurred around 8am on Wednesday 4th December, and as the lockdown was enacted, children attending a breakfast club were kept indoors as pupils arriving for the start of school were ushered into the main building.
One of the major causes of schools enacting lockdown is unauthorised members of the public on school grounds. Over the last few weeks, there have been several instances of people trying to gain access to, or intruders already on, school premises.
With over 34,000 visitors from all over the world, the Bett Show is the world's leading education technology event designed to transform the sector, by inspiring, celebrating and discussing future technologies and innovations.
British Summer Time ended this weekend, as clocks went back at 2am on Sunday 27th October.
School lockdowns can be trigger by a wide range of events, usually as a precautionary measure. Although it is natural to assume the cause is a serious incident occurring in the school itself, the majority of school lockdowns are caused either by more minor events, or incidents in the local area. Over the last few weeks, a number of UK schools have gone into lockdown.
For the first time, Bodet will be attending the ITSF exhibition to showcase their Time Synchronisation technology, which includes the Netsilon Time Server and GPS antenna, providing highly accurate and secure time across your whole organisation.
We interviewed James Amps, Director of Operations for Djanogly City Academy, to discuss the innovative ways in which the school are using Bodet’s Class Change Solution to improve their class change procedures.
Figures released under freedom of information laws shed light on the scale of criminal offences recorded by police which have taken place on school property, with 8,000 instances logged including violence, drugs and sexual offences.
With a large police presence searching in the vicinity for a suspect following a domestic incident, Kingsway School in Cheadle was advised to activate lockdown procedures.
The Schools & Academies Show in Birmingham is the largest education policy event in the UK, gathering together the most influential Government policymakers, association leaders and senior education figures. Bodet will be exhibiting here for the first time, with its solutions to improve safety, communication and efficiency in schools.
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