Donna Whelan said gorton school lockdown panic began when her daughter messaged that Cedar Mount Academy was in lockdown on Wembley Road in Gorton. Police were called after an alarm was raised earlier, and pupils were told to stay in their classrooms.
Whelan said her daughter sent videos of pupils hiding under tables and huddled in a corner on the floor. She later received a message from the school saying everyone was “safe and well in the building” and staff were following “precautionary procedures.”
Cedar Mount Academy in Gorton
Greater Manchester Police said it had “identified no ongoing risk or threat to anyone in the school.” Officers stayed at the school “to provide reassurance as we start to investigate the circumstances behind the reported threat.” The school later said it had received a call that police confirmed was a hoax.
The incident unfolded amid confusion outside the gates. Whelan said parents were told different versions of what had happened, with early reports pointing to a knife, then a gun, and later a water pistol. She said a police officer told parents outside that “two kids were fighting, one from this school, one from another school.”
Wembley Road Response
An ambulance arrived at about 12:25 BST. North West Ambulance Service said the ambulance was there for an unrelated matter and that the patient was taken to hospital. Whelan said parents were later informed that someone had come with a gun and that it turned out to be “a water gun.”
For parents and pupils, the practical takeaway is the police have said there was no continuing threat at the school, while officers remained there as they investigated the reported hoax call. The day ended with a safety message from the school, not a report of danger.
