Auckland Girls’ Grammar in Freemans Bay went into lockdown this afternoon after an incident near the school.

The school posted on its Facebook, saying: “Auckland Girls’ Grammar School has gone into lockdown because of incident near the school.

“We will continue to provide updates on our website as often as possible.

“Please do not come to the school or phone the school as you will not be attended to, and this may cause disruption to the management of this incident and could potentially place yourselves and/or our staff and student’s safety at risk.”

In a subsequent post, the schol said the lockdown had now ended.

“We have come out of lockdown and all students, staff and persons on-site are safely accounted for.

“Everyone did extremely well and responded to instructions. A notice will be going out to parents/caregivers tonight to provide some more information on what has occurred today.”

It’s understood a nearby early childcare centre was also in lockdown.

More to come.