COPS have launched an urgent probe after the the “unexplained death” of a 15-year-old girl at a top UK boarding school.
Emergency services raced to the prestigious Roedean School, in Brighton, following “reports of concern for the welfare of a child”.
Emergency services scrambled to the school at around 6.30pm yesterday.
But the schoolgirl was sadly declared dead at the scene at the £60,000-a-year boarding school, said Sussex Police.
Cops confirmed that the teenager’s family have been informed.
It is believed there are no “suspicious circumstances” involved but a full investigation is underway, said police.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “Emergency services were called to reports of concern for the welfare of a child at Roedean School in Roedean Way, Roedean, on Wednesday at 6.30pm.
“Officers attended and a 15-year-old girl, who was a pupil at the school, was sadly declared deceased at the scene.
“Her next of kin have been informed.
“Enquiries are ongoing alongside the school, but there are not currently believed to be any suspicious circumstances.”
