Police say the death is ‘unexplained’ (Picture: BPM MEDIA)

A man’s body has been discovered at a closed primary school.

The remains were found on New Year’s Day at St Leonard’s School in Oxfordshire.

Around 5.30pm on Sunday, officers reported they had been called to the scene in Grimsbury, a neighbourhood in the east of Banbury near the M40. 

There is mystery around the circumstances of the case as the school premises were shut for the Christmas holidays.

The death is not being treated as suspicious but police say it is ‘unexplained’.

Reporting the incident on social media, Thames Valley Police said: ‘Officers have been on scene at St Leonard’s School, Grimsbury this afternoon. (Monday, January 1, 2023)

‘This is after the sad report that the body of a male has been found. The death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.’

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Police say the death is ‘unexplained’.