40 pupils hit by fainting ‘ripple effect’ at Outwood Academy in North Yorkshire

A school was at the centre of a major emergency response sparked when four pupils fainted during an Armistice Day service, causing a “ripple effect” among other students.

Forty children at Outwood Academy School in Ripon, North Yorkshire, were treated for nausea and dizziness brought on by “anxiety”, prompting the mass arrival of paramedics, firefighters and police.

However, there was no sign of carbon monoxide poisoning or any other hazardous materials.