{"id":5014,"date":"2025-05-06T11:19:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/?p=5014"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:36:23","slug":"school-on-lockdown-over-urgent-incident-with-parents-told-to-stay-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/school-on-lockdown-over-urgent-incident-with-parents-told-to-stay-away\/","title":{"rendered":"School on lockdown over \u2018urgent incident\u2019 with parents told to stay away"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Astor Secondary School closed suddenly after an email threat (Picture: Google)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A secondary school<\/a> in Kent<\/a> has closed after reports of an email threat. <\/p>\n

Parents have been told to keep their children away from Astor Secondary School in Dover after alleged threatening messages were sent. <\/p>\n

The school on Astor Avenue warned parents of the urgent incident today, saying they should not send children in, KentOnline<\/a> reports. <\/p>\n

The police described the incident as a ‘non-credible threat.’ <\/p>\n

In a statement, the college said it needs ‘to be thoroughly checked.’ <\/p>\n

It continues: ‘We have been advised for the site to be cleared of staff and students immediately with further updates to follow. <\/p>\n

‘We will be sending students home that have already arrived; should there be any difficulties with this we will contact you directly. Please check with your child directly that they are aware of where they need to go.’ <\/p>\n

The police said it received a report of the school receiving ‘an email making threats’ at about 7.37am today. <\/p>\n

A police spokesperson said: ‘Officers attended to advise staff and provide reassurance.<\/p>\n

‘The email is being treated as a non-credible threat and enquiries into the correspondence are ongoing.’<\/p>\n

Metro <\/strong>understands that an evacuation was started shortly before 8am so that a thorough search could be carried out as a precaution. <\/p>\n

We approached the school and the council for a comment. <\/p>\n

Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong> Or you can submit your videos and pictures here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, check our<\/strong> news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Follow Metro.co.uk on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> for the latest news updates.<\/strong> You can now also get Metro.co.uk articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here<\/a>. <\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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