Schoolboy dies after fight
A 14-year-old schoolboy was stabbed to death at school this morning, police have said.
The boy, who has not been named, was a pupil at Birkbeck School, a mixed secondary school in North Somercotes, near Louth.
He was attacked inside the school building just after 10 o'clock this morning. He was airlifted to Grimsby Hospital but was later pronounced dead.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and taken to Skegness Police station where he is being questioned.
The area inside the school where the stabbing took place has been cordoned off while forensic teams investigate.
The mixed, non-selective school has 276 pupils, aged between 11 and 16, and was recently awarded specialist arts status.
On its web site, the school describes its mission as "achieving by caring" and says achievement regularly exceeds the levels expected for its students.
It says it has a strong pastoral care system, with tutors keeping a "close watch on the behaviour, progress and welfare of each child".
Students who are experiencing problems are given access to "inclusion officers" who deal with difficulties "in a positive and supportive manner".
Statements from both the police and the school's headteacher are expected later this afternoon.
Police are currently speaking to other pupils to establish what happened - a police spokeswoman said pupils would be interviewed under the vulnerable witness scheme and would be questioned by trained officers with their parents present.
The spokeswoman added that staff were closing the school today and it would remain closed throughout tomorrow.
A post mortem examination was being carried out on the 14-year-old boy this evening at Grimsby Hospital.
She added the incident was being treated, at present, as a suspicious death and police would confirm further details after the cause of death had been discovered.
A Department for Education and Skills spokesman said: "Whilst we would not wish to comment in detail while this incident is subject to investigation, the death of any child in any circumstances is tragic, and our thoughts are with the boy's family."
