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School pupils collapse at Outwood Academy in Ripon | School pupils collapse at Outwood Academy in Ripon |
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Twenty-seven school pupils have simultaneously fallen ill at Outwood Academy in Ripon. | |
North Yorkshire Police said they had "displayed signs of sickness and feeling faint sometime between 11:00 and 11.30". | |
It is not yet known what has caused the students at the school on Clotherholme Road to fall ill. | It is not yet known what has caused the students at the school on Clotherholme Road to fall ill. |
Paramedics have been at the scene treating majority of the ill pupils while two were taken to hospital. | |
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews from Ripon and Boroughbridge were at the scene "alongside hazardous materials specialist officers". | |
"A specialist detection, identification and monitoring (DIM) team from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is also at the incident," the fire service added. | "A specialist detection, identification and monitoring (DIM) team from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is also at the incident," the fire service added. |
A police spokesperson said: "The safety of all the students and staff at the school is paramount. | |
"At this stage we are aware of just two who have attended hospital or a local medical facility, the rest have been treated at the scene by ambulance staff." | |
"Officers are working with the fire service to establish what has caused the incident." | |
Outwood Academy has 635 students, aged from 11 to 18. | Outwood Academy has 635 students, aged from 11 to 18. |
On its website the school states it was judged "good" in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2012. | On its website the school states it was judged "good" in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2012. |