Pupils at Hucknall school rushed to hospital after smoking 'substance'
POLICE and ambulances were called to help ten pupils who fell ill at a Hucknall school after smoking a "substance".
Emergency crews were called to the National Academy in Annesley Road, Hucknall, at about 2.10pm yesterday.
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Hucknall National Academy
The ten children affected, aged between 11 and 15, were said to have fallen sick and dizzy after smoking the substance.
None was seriously hurt, but an investigation is now underway into exactly what they had been smoking and how it got into the school.
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One parent told the Post they were shocked to see five ambulances outside the school when they turned up to pick their two daughters up at about 3.20pm.
The parent, who asked not to be named, said: "Apparently people had started feeling ill at about 1pm. It's shocking.
"My daughters are fine and weren't involved but I'm just concerned for other pupils that were there.
"The teachers explained to my daughters that children were falling ill and dropping like flies. Apparently there were ambulances going back and forward all afternoon."
A police spokeswoman said: "Police were called to the National Academy in Annesley Road, Hucknall, at 2.10pm, following reports that a number of pupils were feeling sick and dizzy after smoking a substance.
"The ten children involved were aged between 11 and 15 and none have suffered any serious effects."
Sergeant Simon Scales, from the Ashfield South police division, added: "While our inquiries are ongoing we will be working very closely with the school and parents on intervention and education around drugs, building on work we already carry out."
The Notts Police spokeswoman added that it was too early to say exactly what the substance was and that no arrests had been made.
The school is a Church of England faith academy, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
In its last full inspection by watchdog Ofsted in January 2010, the school was given an overall "good" rating.
The Post made numerous attempts but was unable to reach anyone at the school for comment yesterday.
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by Vox_Populii
Saturday, March 09 2013, 7:15AM
“Jah mon, de kids be smokin da sacred herb of wisdom. It it any wonder kids will try this rubbish when all they see in the media and 'pop music' are morons who celebrate drug use and feckless behaviour?”
by JPriest
Saturday, March 09 2013, 12:04AM
“Bill L makes the superb point that parents have supreme responsibility for children. However let us watch as "inquiries", "summit meetings" et all take over. The natural conclusion could be we need a "youth against smoking" coordinator for the whole district. This position will pay c30k, and also require the employment of a local admin team to assist with all the new paperwork.”
by soraya
Friday, March 08 2013, 7:10PM
“The kids have nothing to fear due to Safeguarding, Every Child Matters and other far-left initiatives. They certainly won't get a ********** - it will be all someone else's fault.”
by FormerlyW
Friday, March 08 2013, 5:22PM
“"I thought that was an enema." --- smshogun
With friends like those, who needs enemas?”
by BLawrenson
Friday, March 08 2013, 5:11PM
“Well "grumpyoldman" lets put the responsibility where it should be - on the parents. The children are under the school responsibility for less than 48 hours out of the 168 hours in a week. There would soon be an uproar if the teachers, with 30+ children in a class, started to go through pockets and bags and sniffing round the children.The school can educate about drugs but parental support, example and vigilance should be a major part of the effort to stop drug misuse.”
by mags1862
Friday, March 08 2013, 5:06PM
“Today's lesson was about drugs and how bad they are for you.”
by smshogun
Friday, March 08 2013, 5:05PM
“I thought that was an enema.”
by harrystotle1
Friday, March 08 2013, 3:52PM
“Call me old fashioned if you like but I wouldn't be in any great rush to smoke or shove up my nose, anything that, in all likliehood, has been secreted up another chap's bottom. Or my own bottom come to that.
Just say "No." kids.
Just say "No."”
by SlickSpoons
Friday, March 08 2013, 3:23PM
“I had a nasty reaction when I smoked some crack a few years ago. Haven't touched it since!
My advice is stick to cigarettes, booze, weed, mushrooms, amphetamines and a bit of charlie on the odd occasion, and keep away from the hard stuff like crack and heroin. No good will come of it!”
by 2silverstars
Friday, March 08 2013, 12:54PM
“'Rushed to hospital'??
Ambulances called at 2:10 & still there at 3:20. Either I'm reading too much into the way this story was reported or the emergency services didn't share quite the same degree of concern as our reporter might have imagined
'Nothing much to see here - lesson learnt by daft kids' as a headline doesn't quite cut it though I suppose”