Two teenagers arrested after police called to The Discovery Academy for assault

A boy, aged 17, and a girl, aged 13, have been arrested after an assault at a school in Stoke-on-Trent.

The victim, a 15-year-old boy, was treated for minor injuries but did not need hospital treatment.

Staffordshire Police were called to The Discovery Academy in Bentilee just after 9:00am on Thursday 21 September.

The school was put into lockdown as a precaution whilst the police searched the area.

The 17-year-old boy, from Stoke-on-Trent, was arrested on suspicion of assault whilst the 13-year-old girl, also from Stoke, has been arrested on suspicion of assault thereby occasioning actual bodily harm.

Both teenagers are still in custody whilst police enquiries continue.

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