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DS Risk Warning: School Threats

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 Hello all,


We warned of probable 'copy cat' and other threats to your smooth running recently. Sadly we were right. A Bristol school was targeted on Friday, at the end of last week.


A summary of the story is below, but some top tips for you first:


* Know your post code and what3words details


* Ensure the team that receive calls and/or general emails/mail know what information to try to obtain/gather/what actions to take as calmly as possible


* Work on the basis that any challenge will not be convenient and whoever is leader isn't on site and contactable, number 2 is on the sick, so, is number 3 ready and empowered to take the lead?


* If you receive a bomb threat ring the Police and discuss with them first its credibility. If there's nothing 'special' about the contact details with you, they won't dash to your site on blues and twos.


* When they do arrive, they'll ask who will accompany them on a search, as you'll know your place and they won't! This will take some time.


* You are damned if you evacuate and damned if you don't!


* If you decide to evacuate, a briefcase sized device can blow glass up to 200 metres. Assembling and waiting at your fire evacuation point is, therefore, dangerous and makes no sense, bearing in mind the reason you are out there. To be a safe distance, you will probably need to leave for your fall back, sheltered location, until safe to return


* Leave key staff behind a safe barrier to meet the Police - have those grab bags/emergency crates prepared to go, without delay


OR:


* Of course, you may stay, working off the back of the following assessment:


  - Your site boundaries were secure on arrival this morning and there were no unexpected vehicles with worrying contents alongside, nor anything the other side of the wall/fence that wasn't there when you left the evening before


  - When you opened the building, the alarm greeted you and needed to be disabled. Therefore, the building was secure from lock up last night


  - Arrival for breakfast club is tightly controlled and nothing untoward has been brought in or left on site


   - Arrival of the majority has been carefully monitored, all parents/carers have left, there are no strange vehicles on site, nor anything left in your open areas outside. Nothing has been brought in, and say, left in reception unattended.


The DS Emergency Phone number is: 07979 425 989.


Don't forget:


Immediately start a comprehensive log of events, and

Communicate and keep communicating!


Need support, assistance, training, contact us at: info@delegatedservices.org



School evacuated but threat deemed 'not credible'


2 May 2025


A secondary school has been evacuated and pupils sent home for the day because of a threatening message later deemed "not credible" by police.


Blaise High School in Bristol sent a text to parents on Friday morning saying it had received the threat and had evacuated pupils outside, and a second message saying the threat was "credible" and children were being sent home.


Henbury Leisure Centre, which is next to the school, was also evacuated.


While some pupils were on site, most were yet to arrive and were told not to come in by the school, which has now told parents the threat was a hoax.


One parent sent the BBC two text messages she received from the school on Friday morning.


The first read: "Dear parents, we have received a threat to the school. Students and staff are safe and out of the building, on the astro.


"We are communicating with the police and will keep you updated. Please DO NOT attend the site. We will keep you updated."


The second, sent shortly afterwards, said: "Dear parents, given the credible threat made to the school we have made the decision to send all children on site home. They will be leaving via the leisure centre gate.


"We will update all parents in due course when we have more information from the police. All children are safe."


After officers went to the school, Avon and Somerset Police declared the threat to not be credible.


One parent told the BBC they had become impatient after failing to receive any further updates from the school for several hours.


"We've been ringing around, trying to get more information from anyone we can, but we're just not getting any," she said.


Blaise High School has since informed parents the incident was a hoax.


A statement said it "immediately enacted [the school's] emergency procedures to ensure the safety of all students and staff.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgxve1de70o


DS

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