Horror after young child ‘brings knife into school’ as classmates left ‘shaken’

Published on July 09, 2025 at 07:26 AM

POLICE were called to a primary school after a child brought a knife into a reception class.

Horrified parents have spoken out after the blade was discovered in a child’s bag at Trumpington Meadows Primary School, Cambridgeshire, last week.

Trumpington Meadow Primary School in Cambridgeshire.
Classmates were left shaken by the horror discovery

One mother, whose child was in the class at the time, said the image of the knife had stayed with the youngster.

Speaking to Cambridgeshire Live, she fumed: “It’s not something a child should be thinking about.

“He has been asking me questions. It has been psychologically distressing for him.

“When I got him up on Thursday morning, he said ‘Mummy, will there be knives at school today?’.”;

Cambridgeshire Police confirmed officers were due to speak to the child who brought the blade into school.

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