Park View Education Centre was put on lockdown Tuesday morning.

In an email sent out to parents at 11:23 a.m. Parkview Principal Vicki Crozier indicated police were called in response to a threat.

The school was briefly under a lock down. Which are put in place to prevent students from leaving their classroom and the doors are locked.

In images shared online police could be seen at the school in full uniform with their weapons out.

The situation was cleared by lunchtime with students being allowed to return to class.