Police would like to thank year 11 pupils of Wombwell High School, Roebuck Street, for celebrating their last ever school day on Monday 17 May, peacefully and safely, with no reports of drunken or anti social behaviour being made in the area.

Each year, final year pupils leave school for good after a morning assembly. Perhaps due to high spirits and excitement, police often find anti social behaviour in the area increases on this day with young people using the event as an excuse to get drunk in the local community.

To tackle this, working with Wombwell High School, police planned and implemented  Operation Borrus. The operation saw officers carry out high visibility patrols on foot and on mountain bikes and generally engage with the young people, encouraging them to celebrate safely at home.

Officers visited public parks and other areas of woodland where youngsters often meet to socialise, to ensure they remained peaceful and trouble free.

PC Simon Fletcher said:“It been pleasing to report that this year the young people acted on the advice we gave them and no reports were made of drunken or anti social behaviour in any public spaces. The year 11 leavers acted just as we had hoped, sensibly and maturely and police would like to thank them for a successful day.”