A 15-year-old boy has died after being stabbed at a school in Sheffield.
Police were called to All Saints Catholic High School on Granville Road at 12.17pm after reports of a stabbing.
South Yorkshire Police said that the boy “suffered serious injuries and despite the best efforts of the ambulance service, he sadly died a short time later”. The victim’s family has been informed.
A 15-year-old boy has been detained on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
Speaking outside the force’s headquarters, assistant chief constable Lindsey Butterfield said: “It is with great sadness that I share with you today, a teenager has died following the stabbing at a Sheffield school earlier today.
“Our thoughts are with the family of the boy, his friends and the whole school community.”
Assistant chief constable Lindsey Butterfield. Pic: PA
ACC Butterfield said the force’s officers are “working at pace to build a full picture of how this tragedy has unfolded”.
“We know that what has happened will cause significant distress and concern,” she said.
“I would like to reassure you that our officers will remain on scene and in the local area to offer reassurance to parents, staff and local residents as our investigation continues.”
It is the second time All Saints Catholic High School has gone into lockdown in a week, the PA news agency reported.
Headteacher Sean Pender sent a message to parents on 29 January, 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 the time, as “good”.
Inspectors found that most pupils behaved well and “a strong ethos of warmth and respect pervades this school”.
Meanwhile, ACC Butterfield warned the public to avoid sharing distressing content related to the stabbing on social media.
She said: “We urge you to be mindful that there are loved ones at the centre of this, and they are grieving the profound loss of a teenage boy in the most devastating of circumstances.
“We would therefore ask you to avoid speculation and the sharing of online content, which could be distressing to them and detrimental to our investigation.
“We urge anyone with any information that they believe can assist us to get in touch.”
Sheffield Heeley MP Louise Haigh has said “serious question will have to be answered” after the “horrific news” of the fatal stabbing.
“All my thoughts are with his family and friends, and the entire community at All Saints.
“A criminal investigation will now obviously take place, but serious questions will have to be answered about how this could have happened and I will be working with the school, the police and the council to make sure they are.”
Granville Road was closed from the tram stop to Fitzwalter Road, and police asked the public to avoid the area while emergency services carried out their work.