AN EIGHT-year-old boy was threatened with a screwdriver in the school playground by a fellow pupil, the Bournemouth Echo reports.

Steve Candy-Hewett, from Bearwood, said his son, Leo, was threatened to be stabbed in the eye by the boy, who was younger than him.

He received a phone call from Bearwood Primary and Nursery School after the incident on Thursday and has since been told by both the school and police that ‘safeguarding’ measures were in place to protect Leo.

Although the youngster was not hurt during the incident, and a teacher intervened, Steve said he was not reassured by the school’s response to the “traumatic” episode.

Steve said the child threatened his son following a disagreement at an after school football club two days prior.

A spokesperson for the school said they had “dealt with the issues in accordance with the school’s behaviour policy”.

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Dorset Police said they received a report just before 2pm on Friday, March 17, that a boy had threatened an eight-year-old boy with a screwdriver at Bearwood Primary and Nursery School.