Schools evacuated for second time in a week after threats

Dudley North MP Ian Austin has condemned the bomb threat calls which caused widespread disruption to schools and pupils. Six schools were evacuated in the Black country and Birmingham after a series of phone calls to the authorities this morning. The MP says the action was irresponsible.

West Midlands Police have released a statement following a series of bomb threat calls to six schools in the West Midlands, which resulted in them all being evacuated.

Police have released a list of the schools that received bomb threat calls this morning.

Intelligence experts say they pose 'no credible threat'.

Police are investigating the calls, which were made to four schools in Sandwell, one in Dudley and one in south Birmingham.

The affected schools are:

• Oldbury Academy in Pound Road, Oldbury
• Holly Lodge High in Holly Lane, Smethwick
• Bristnall Hall Academy in Bristnall Hall Lane, Oldbury
• George Salter Academyl in Claypit Lane, West Bromwich
• Earls High School in Furnace Lane, Halesowen
• Four Dwellings Upper School, in Quinton Road West, Quinton

Students at two schools which were forced to evacuate students last week have had to be sent home after new threats were made.

Bristnall Hall Academy and Oldbury Academy in Oldbury both reported threats.

Police were called into investigate hoax threats made against four schools in the West Midlands last Tuesday.