A TEENAGE boy has been arrested and a Ebbw Vale school is in "partial lockdown."

Police are attending the secondary campus at Ebbw Fawr Learning Community in Ebbw Vale after receiving a call at around 10:20am today, Friday April 26.

A spokesperson for Gwent Police confirmed a teenage boy had been arrested on suspicion of making threats.

The arrest did not take place on school premises and was not in the Ebbw Vale area.

A spokesperson from Gwent Police said: "We received a call to report that the secondary campus to Ebbw Fawr Learning Community had been placed in partial lockdown at around 10.20am on Friday 26 April after a teenage pupil had allegedly received threatening messages.

"Our officers are in attendance.

"We have arrested a teenage boy on suspicion of making threats.

"The arrest did not take place on school premises and was not made in the Ebbw Vale area.

"Our enquiries are ongoing."

Gwent Police say the suspect was searched on arrest and no offensive weapons were found.

Officers remain at the school to reassure parents and liaise with the school.

Parents were notified of the situation after receiving text messages from the school.

One of these texts, posted on social media, read: "The school is in a partial lockdown situation. During this period the telephones and entrances will be unmanned, external doors locked and nobody allowed in or out.

"All students are safe in classrooms and all doors and access points are locked."

It continued: "The police have arrived and there is no risk inside the building."