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Barton Peveril College locked students in classrooms while police searched the site.
Officers said they were called earlier in the afternoon after a person was seen carrying a knife inside the grounds.
No injuries were reported and the weapon was not found.
Officers remain at the scene on Chestnut Street, though the students have been released and lessons have resumed.
A police spokesperson said in a statement: “We were called at 2.20pm today 9 March to Barton Peveril College in Eastleigh following reports of an individual carrying a knife within their grounds.
“Officers working at the school attended and worked with them, and at this time no injuries have been reported and no weapon has been found.
“We are investigating the exact circumstances of the report. If anyone has any information, we ask them to call 101 with reference 44230095510.”
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