Emergency evacuation.
A small fire was detected in the toilets at 10:30am at Varndean School today. The fire service arrived shortly afterwards and contained the fire swiftly.
All students, staff and visitors had safely evacuated the building and the exams were largely unaffected, due to the timing of the alarm.
The fire service is now conducting an investigation into the cause of the fire. Students had resumed studies by 11:30 am.
Thank you to everyone for following our normal evacuation procedures calmly.
William Deighan
Headteacher
Another opportunity to watch the Headteacher's speech from our recent open evening is now available on our website: https://t.co/4V1s2KjcrT #challengeandpride
We will be posting a recording of the Headteacher's speech from open evening on our website soon on the following link: https://t.co/4V1s2KjcrT please check back soon! https://t.co/Im9zSBOl1k
Thank you to all the families who came to have a look round last night, we hope you enjoyed meeting our (very eager) students & hearing about school life at Varndean! If you weren't able to come, we have 3 open mornings coming up: 30.9, 7.10 & 14.10 pls book school@varndean.co.uk https://t.co/oU6UQoxKdT