The Springfield Academy in Calne will reopen tomorrow after closing due to an outbreak of sickness and diarrhea among staff and pupils.

The school closed on Friday after 12 pupils living at boarding house for students on the site caught a sickness bug lasting between 24 to 34 hours.

Headteacher Trystan Williams said all the school’s residential houses had been deep cleaned by specialist agencies in order to make sure pupils could return safely.

He said: “Obviously because a lot of pupils have got complex learning issues we just had to make sure that we stopped the spread and because we work in partnership with so many other schools.

“There doesn’t seem to be any more cases so by being proactive and liaising with the appropriate agencies I would like to think that we’ve stopped it.

“When you’re taking guidance from health professionals you’ve got to follow the rules and regulations. It was more of a precautionary measure rather than an emergency situation.

“It was mostly younger pupils who caught it and when they get back we will have to reinforce the importance of hygiene.”