A driver has been arrested after a car smashed into a school during pupil drop-off.
The motor slammed into Alderman Knight School in Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, at 8.25am today.
Police say a woman in her 40s has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.
Tewkesbury Police added the building was being evacuated so that any structural damage can be assessed.
However, officers confirmed no injuries have been reported. MailOnline has approached the school for comment.
Alderman Knight School is a special needs facility which shares the same site with Tewkesbury Academy - which was last was year thrown into lockdown after a teacher was stabbed by a 15-year-old boy.
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A driver has been arrested after a car smashed into the Alderman Knight School during pupil drop-off (the school's entrance is pictured in July 2023)
The car slammed into the gates at theAlderman Knight School in Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, at 8.25am on Wednesday morning
Speaking of today's drama, a police spokesman said: ‘Emergency services are currently responding to a report that a vehicle has collided with a building in the Ashchurch area of Tewkesbury.
‘We were called to Alderman Knight School on Ashchurch Road shortly after 8.25am and no injuries have been reported.
‘A woman in her 40s has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving in connection with the incident.'
Alderman Knight was rated as 'outstanding' during a recent inspection by education watchdog, Ofsted, who hailed the establishment an 'exceptional school' where 'pupils flourish'.
'Parents are delighted with the school. They recognise and appreciate how staff provide support for pupils and families, making their children happy and safe,' inspectors said in their report.
The special needs site was dramatically placed into lockdown after a masked 15-year-old stabbed teacher Jamie Samsom with a six-inch knife at the neighbouring academy in July 2023.
The youngster, wearing a snood and a hooded top, knocked on the door of the classroom where Mr Sansom was teaching and said 'come here' - before he plunged the knife into the educator.
The mayhem sparked a four-hour lockdown, with teacher barricading terrified pupils in classrooms by putting wardrobes across doors, while some children cowered in cupboards.
The attacker, who legally cannot be identified, was jailed for 14 months in September.
Police were called to Tewkesbury Academy - which is on the same plot as the special needs school - in July last year after a teacher was stabbed
Mr Sansom suffered a puncture wound to the stomach and was released from hospital after treatment
Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire, pictured, was put into lockdown for four hours following the incident on July 10
Desperate parents rushed to the school while armed police with trained dogs made their way through the building, although it later emerged the suspect had fled.
When the boy’s mother managed to contact him and asked him to give himself up, he told her: ‘Goodbye forever but remember I always loved you guys.’
He was arrested two hours after the stabbing by firearms officers in Stoke Orchard, six miles away.
Mr Sansom, 27, suffered a puncture wound to the stomach and was taken to an office where an ambulance was called. He was treated at hospital but released later the same day.
The boy, who has never given a motive for the attack, admitted attempting to unlawfully and maliciously wound and possessing a bladed article.
Imposing a 14-month detention and training order last September, District Judge Lynne Matthews told him: ‘You were not acting impulsively. You took the face covering to school, you took the knife to school.'
Half the sentence will be served at a youth detention centre, with the rest at home where he will be monitored by a youth offending team, Bristol Magistrates Court was told.
Two nearby schools were also locked down during the attack just after 9am on July 10, amid initial concerns it was terror-related.
Emotional parents described how their children had been ‘really, really terrified’ and had been left traumatised by the experience.
About 100 parents and locals reportedly gathered outside the academy, which is on the same site as the special needs school, after a teacher was stabbed in July last year (pictured)
Sarah Penny, who has a child at the school, said at the time: ‘They had to put a small cabinet across the door to keep them safe.
‘One of my son’s friends sent a message to his dad saying they were in lockdown and to come and get him because he didn’t want to die.’
A text message sent from another pupil to a parent said: ‘We are stuck in a classroom. Mum I’m really scared. They had guns, they had armed police and dogs were out.'
Hundreds of parents gathered at the school took their children home when they were allowed out from 1.30pm.
Cardiff University graduate Mr Sansom, a maths teacher who was due to leave for another job at the end of the academic year, was described as ‘wonderful’ and ‘one of the best teachers’ at the 1,600-pupil mixed secondary, which was rated as ‘requires improvement’ at its last Ofsted inspection.
In a victim impact statement read in court, he said: ‘I never expected this to happen in a school, let alone to me. I thought I might have been in some sort of soap opera. I didn’t have time to react.’
He added he holds ‘no ill will towards [the student] for what happened’, adding: ‘I hope he gets the support he needs.’
James McKella, defending the teenager whose parents were in court, said he had poor mental health at the time and was experiencing suicidal thoughts
Alderman Knight School was built 10 years ago for 120 pupils, and there are now 235 pupils on its roll.
Its website states: ‘We are fortunate to have a purpose built environment and the school buildings provide a learning environment that allows our pupils and students to access high quality facilities across the school, including specialist classrooms, a life-skills flat, a sensory room and a range of outdoor play equipment.’
Laurence Robertson, previously the MP for Tewkesbury, praised the school in Parliament in January this year, along with the Milestone School.
He said the school provided 'amazing care and education' but warned a lack of school places for children with special educational needs was putting a 'big strain' on the site.
'The problem with that for special schools is that as the class sizes get bigger, they tend to lose what makes them special, which is something they are very concerned about,' he told MPs.
