Dear Parent/Carer
We are of course aware of incidents which took place in Wibsey last week and led to the issues our colleagues at BBEC dealt with on Friday. We also know that there have been social media posts circulating, claiming that there will be similar incidents at other local schools this week, including Appleton Academy. As a result of these posts, we spoke with the police last week and have also met with our Safer Schools Police Officer this morning before providing information to parents.
We would like to assure you that the police do not believe there is any credible threat to Appleton Academy, or any other school in our district. However, police will continue to provide a presence in the local area, in order to offer further reassurance. Our staff will also be on duty around site at the start and end of the school day, as always, and have been briefed to be especially vigilant to anything of concern or that is out of the ordinary. Please do feel free to speak to these staff if you have any worries and they will be happy to help.
We would encourage parents to continue to send children to school as normal. We are happy with the information received from the police and believe that your children are safe to come to school. The information we have received is that much of the continuing speculation around these matters is now being driven by social media. We do not anticipate any ongoing issues as a result of what occurred locally last week.
Thank you
