Police place Cedar Mount Academy under lockdown on Wembley Road

Cedar Mount Academy in Gorton was placed on lockdown on the morning of the report, and students were told to stay in their classrooms. Police attended the school on Wembley Road while officers investigated a reported serious incident.

Chris, who was at the scene, saw two police cars and one van parked outside the school. A large crowd of parents gathered at the gates as alarms sounded inside the building.

Wembley Road response

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said officers were in attendance, and the school chose to go into lockdown before police were called to investigate. The report said the school understood a threat had been made.

Officers later established that nobody was injured, and no weapons were found or used during the incident. That left parents waiting outside the gates with a limited view of what was happening inside while the police presence remained in place.

Morning incident at Cedar Mount Academy

The school was reported as being in lockdown during the morning incident, with eyewitnesses hearing alarms going off inside. The exact nature of the incident had not been confirmed at the time of the report, but the school’s response kept access restricted while police worked at the scene.

For families waiting outside Cedar Mount Academy, the immediate next step was to rely on the police investigation and the school’s lockdown response rather than try to reach classrooms directly.