A fight between two students broke out at Duke’s Aldridge School shortly before midday yesterday (March 10).
Police attended and a 15-year-old boy was taken to hospital with non-critical injuries.
The school has rebutted widespread online rumours that knives were involved and people were stabbed, describing a “huge amount of disinformation”.
It says a student was injured with a ring in the fight.
Despite this, the school says it is “working hard to restore confidence” and has introduced increased security measures.
This involves additional security measures at the start of the school day, increased police community support at the start and end of the day and assemblies and lessons with all students on “safety and behaviour”.
The academy says it “will deal head on with the issues that parents have raised”, and has promised meetings with parents to listen to their concerns and make a plan to resolve them.
An academy spokesperson said: “We understand the ongoing concerns about yesterday’s incident, and would also like to thank our community of parents for your outpouring of support as well.
“We know that the incident was upsetting for all involved and we are very sorry for the worry this has caused.
“Please note that there is a huge amount of misinformation on social media and in and amongst our local community and we’d like to address some of these false rumours.
“There were no weapons seen by any adult or the police and nobody was injured with a bladed weapon, although one student was injured with a ring.
“We want to be really clear that we are being transparent about the incident yesterday and will deal head on with the issues that our parents have raised with us so far.
“The safety and security of our students and staff is our absolute priority.
“Some initial first steps we have taken include additional security measures at the start of the school day; increased police community support at the start and end of the day; assemblies and lessons with all students about safety and behaviour; and meetings with parents to listen to their concerns and make a plan to resolve these.
“We will endeavour to keep you informed of all our next steps and ensure that we are sharing accurate and timely information with you.
“We know this is a difficult time, and we are working hard to restore confidence to our school and community environment.
“We are very grateful for our school community’s support while we do this.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 12.02pm today (10 March) to reports of an assault on Trulock Road, Tottenham.
“We sent resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer.
“We treated a child at the scene and took them to hospital.”
A Met spokesperson said: “Police were called to a school on Trulock Road, N17, at around 11:50hrs on Monday, 10 March to reports of a fight.
“Officers attended the scene alongside the London Ambulance service. One 15-year-old boy was treated at the scene. His injuries are thought to be non-life changing.
“There have been no arrests. Enquiries are ongoing.”
