A 13-year-old boy has been arrested after a suspicious call resulted in a secondary school being evacuated.

Graham School in Scarborough was shut down for the second day running following a suspected hoax call to the school this morning, where students are currently sitting GCSE exams.

Police were called to the school and made a thorough search of school buildings while its 1,050 studentswere evacuated from the site.

This afternoon officers arrested a 13-year-old boy from Scarborough on suspicion of communicating false information, in connection with calls made to a school in Scarborough. He remains in custody at this time, as enquiries continue.

A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire County Council said students were kept safe on the school site until parents could make arrangements for them to collect them. The school also arranged for buses to transport the students back home.

Some pupils had been due to sit a French GCSE exam and were transported to Scalby School in Scarborough to sit the exam.

Helen McEvoy, headteacher at Graham School said: “The safety of our students and our staff is paramount and the school will remain closed until further notice to enable a thorough search of all the school buildings.

"We wish to thank our students for their responsible conduct throughout this incident and to parents for their co-operation.

“David Read, the headteacher at Scalby School has been very supportive in accommodating and making arrangements for our students sitting their GCSEs so that their public examination is not disrupted.

“Our primary concern is that the school can get back to the day to day business of teaching and learning and that students, staff and parents are confident that all safety procedures have been followed.”

A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said: “We were called to Graham School, Scarborough at about 8am this morning following reports of a suspicious call.”