Pupils have been evacuated from a Birmingham school following a "bomb threat".

Police were called to Arena Academy today after the threat was sent to its email.

The secondary school near Great Barr was evacuated and pupils will not be returning for the rest of the day, according to Birmingham Live.

A West Midlands Police spokesman told GB News: "We were called after a bomb threat was received by the school via an email.

"Officers have attended and at this stage we don’t believe there is any credible threat."