POLICE were called after a schoolboy who was given a set of knives as a present from his grandparents brought the weapons into school.

As reported in the Daily Echo yesterday, officers were called to Poole High School in Wimborne Road at 2.20pm on Wednesday afternoon following reports a pupil had been seen with a weapon.

A spokesman from Dorset Police yesterday confirmed that the pupil had been in possession of a set of “throwing knives”. It is understood the ornamental knives had been given to the student by his grandparents as a gift.

The force spokesman said no threats were made by the student and no one was injured during the incident.

Yesterday no arrests had been made and officers were continuing to make enquiries.

Head teacher Fan Heafield, who announced she was retiring in the summer after three years in the role and 27 years working at the school, said no students were at risk of harm during the incident and the matter had been dealt with "swiftly".

She said: “An incident occurred on Wednesday at the school, which we reported to the police in line with the school’s behaviour policy.

“We would like to reassure parents that this incident was dealt with swiftly and at no point was any student at risk of harm."

She added: “The school took appropriate action and this is now a police matter.”

Vicky Wales, head of children, young people, and learning at Borough of Poole, said incidents involving knives in schools were rare.

“The safety of children in our schools is paramount," she said.

"We would like to reassure parents that while incidents of this nature are uncommon, schools have robust procedures in place to ensure any incident is dealt with swiftly and appropriately.”

The incident follows news in February that a 15-year-old boy had been arrested on suspicion of dealing cocaine at the school.

Poole High School’s last Ofsted inspection in December 2011, when Mrs Heafield was acting head teacher, saw the school ranked as “good with outstanding features”.