PUPILS were sent home from St Luke’s School at lunchtime after a football match turned violent, leaving one pupil needing hospital treatment for head injuries.

Four car windows were smashed following the game, which was won by St Luke’s, but descended into chaos soon after the final whistle.

Players from the visiting team, representing a school in Bristol, threw stones at the parked vehicles as well as several students.

No arrests have been made since the incident, which saw one pupil suffer from facial wounds and another with nose injuries. But officers, who swamped the school’s grounds at 12.06pm yesterday, said the investigation is ongoing.

An ambulance was called to the school in Cricklade Road moments later and after treating one pupil on the scene, paramedics then took another 15-year-old boy to hospital.

A council spokesperson said: “There was a football match this morning with a special school from outside Swindon, which was won by Luke’s.

“As the visitors were getting onto their minibus to return to their own school, they started to throw stones that were on the car park verge towards St Luke’s students, staff and parked cars.

“Staff got the St Luke’s pupils, who had started to respond to what was happening, into the school, but several students were hit by stones.

“One was hit on the head and received treatment on site, while another was taken to hospital with a nose injury. There was damage to four cars.

“Both students and staff were shaken by what happened and in view of that, the interim headteacher and chair of governors decided to close the school for the afternoon.

“Pupils were escorted off the site by parents, or buses and taxis came to collect them, although if parents could not be reached the students remained at the school. Police and ambulance services attended the scene.

“The school’s staff will be assisting the police fully in their investigations, which will include providing CCTV footage, and the council will provide any support to staff, parents and pupils that is needed.”

Elizabeth Gurhy, whose 12-year-old boy Tiberius has been at the school for the last three months, said it was a few students who were letting the school down.

“The teachers do a really good job here – they try hard,” said Elisabeth, 55, of Stratton. “They have to take the kids that no other school will look after. There are a few students who think they can just do whatever they like.”

She said in the last few months, Tiberius, who suffers from ADHD and dyspraxia, has made a lot of progress.

“It’s not the teachers’ fault that a few students can’t behave themselves,” added Elizabeth.

Tiberius said he was in class when the trouble broke out and he could hear shouting. He saw one boy with blood on his face.

A spokesperson for Bristol City Council said: "A football match was arranged between Knowle DGE and St Luke’s Schools on November 18

"Just as the match was finishing a fight started between students at the two schools and the police were called.  Both schools are now helping police with their inquiries and no further information can be given at this stage."

Last week, the Adver reported that the school has had an acting headteacher put in place on secondment from Nova Hreod after the former head, Jane Cordes, came down with an illness.

A teacher, who wished not to be named, said there was total chaos within the school where teaching and learning are not taking place.

She said this was due to the culture which has been allowed to develop which has led to class sizes doubling and pupils being in mixed year groups.