'Calm response': Praise for reaction of pupils and community response during fire incident

The incident at Newport C of E Junior School in Avenue Road saw two fire engines attend at 11.30am, SFRS said.

A spokesperson for SFRS said it was a "small fire in a roof void."

A spokesperson for Newport C of E said the school was open as normal following the "minor incident". A post by the school's Facebook account said: "Year 3 parents meetings for the afternoon are cancelled."

The school explained that there was a small fire in a light fitting in the office area of school and there were no children present.

"The fire was successfully extinguished before the fire brigade arrived," said the spokesperson. "The fire service complimented the school team on their response."

The fire service completed checks of the school site and children were a short time later able to return classrooms."

The spokesperson added that a Year 3 parents meeting was postponed due to disruption to the school day.

"We couldn’t save the bolognese for lunch but nuggets went down well," they added.

"As always I am so grateful for the support of the community. I am proud of the staff and children for their calm response and support."