Child in hospital after ceiling collapses at Birmingham school

The school has been closed Credit: BPM Media

A child has been taken to hospital and others were injured when a ceiling collapsed in a primary school classroom in Birmingham.

Nechells E-ACT Primary Academy has been evacuated after "part of a ceiling" fell on a group of year two students.

The school said the child was taken to hospital as a "precaution".

The school has been closed and parents are being contacted.