Wildern School in Hedge End in lockdown - live updates

SGN confirmed they were not called to Wildern School today. 

There have been reports of a gas leak, but we are awaiting confirmation from the school. 

Our reporter on the road outside the school says there is no sign of anything going on at Wildern School.

The school gates are open as usual and pupils could be seen going about their day.

Hampshire Police said the force has received no report to any incident at the school.

We've asked Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service if it is aware of any incident.

We're also waiting to hear more details on the "incident" from the school.

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Lockdown ended

Wildern School has confirmed the lockdown has ended.

However, no reason has been given for the lockdown.

A spokesperson for the school said: "We will email parents more information later today."

On Facebook, parents have been commenting asking the reason for the lockdown, and whether their children are safe, before commenting was switched off by the school.

School statement

In a post on Facebook, the school said: "As a health and safety precaution we are currently using our lockdown procedures.

"All students are with their period 1 classroom teachers.

"All students are safe. We will send an email to all parents with more information once we are out of lockdown."

What's happened?

Wildern School in Hedge End has gone into lockdown.

A health and safety incident has prompted the move.

More follows.

Good morning and welcome to our live blog.

We'll bring you the latest on an ongoing incident at a Hedge End school.