Tewkesbury school to reopen after teacher stabbing

Tewkesbury school is set to reopen later today after being put into lockdown on Monday following the stabbing of a teacher. 

The teacher has since been released from hospital and a teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

The public will see a bigger police presence in the area over the coming days as they attempt to reassure locals that they are safe. 

They said they were keeping an “open mind” about a motive. 

Young Gloucestershire, a charity supporting young people, is opening its hub for children and parents to go to for support. 

Two other local schools were told to keep their doors shut as police hunted for the suspect in the grounds of Tewkesbury Academy after the stabbing. 

The teenager was arrested two hours later in the village of Stoke Orchard after a chase involving firearms officers, plain-clothed officers and the National Police Air Service.