Hundreds of students sitting HSC exams are evacuated and classrooms put on lockdown after a ‘threatening email’ was sent to several Sydney schools

  • Several Sydney schools have been evacuated after receiving threatening emails 
  • All staff and students were forced to flee the schools at about 11am on Tuesday
  • It is not yet known how many schools across the city have been impacted 

By KELSEY WILKIE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

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Hundreds of students sitting HSC exams have been evacuated after receiving threatening emails were sent to several schools in Sydney.

All staff and students at the schools were forced to flee at about 11am on Tuesday, a police spokeswoman said. 

It is not yet known how many schools have been impacted. 

It is understood Willoughby Girls High, Castle Hill High, Thomas Reddall High, Mount Annan High, Elizabeth Macarthur High, Picnic Point High and Jamison High were involved.

Hundreds of students sitting HSC exams have been evacuated after receiving threatening emails were sent to several schools in Sydney

Hundreds of students sitting HSC exams have been evacuated after receiving threatening emails were sent to several schools in Sydney

Several Sydney schools, including Willoughby Girls High in the city's North Shore, have been evacuated after receiving threatening emails

Several Sydney schools, including Willoughby Girls High in the city's North Shore, have been evacuated after receiving threatening emails

The police spokeswoman said no injuries had been reported and investigations are underway.

Willoughby Girls High sent a message to parents and caregivers about the incident. 

'We have been advised to conduct an off-site evacuation and are taking all students to our evacuation pint under police guidance,' the note read.

'We will update you via SkoolBag but want to reiterate and assure you everyone is safe.'

HSC examinations for Legal Studies and Classical Hebrew Extension were scheduled for Tuesday morning. 

Education Minister Sarah Mitchell told the Sydney Morning Herald students could apply for misadventure provisions if they believed the evacuation had affected their exam performance.

Education Minister Sarah Mitchell told the Sydney Morning Herald students could apply for misadventure provisions if they believed the evacuation had affected their exam performance

Education Minister Sarah Mitchell told the Sydney Morning Herald students could apply for misadventure provisions if they believed the evacuation had affected their exam performance

Willoughby Girls High sent a message to parents and caregivers about the incident

Willoughby Girls High sent a message to parents and caregivers about the incident

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