A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy took a knife into school and threatened to "chop his teacher’s head off" during class.

The Hangleton Infant and Junior School pupil was excluded after the shocking incident.

Parents of children who were in the class at the time have described how the schoolboy turned up with two knives, including a steak knife, before he made the threat to harm the teacher.

But headteacher Emma Lake has reassured parents their children were not at risk at any point.

The mother of a six-year-old girl who saw what happened said she was considering taking her daughter out of the school next term.

She said: "My daughter said he came to class with a spoon and two knives, one of which was a steak knife.

"He threatened to chop the teacher’s head off.

"This isn't the Bronx, it shouldn't be happening."

Brighton and Hove City Council confirmed the child is now back at the Dale View, Hove, site but is being educated separately following the incident on Monday.

The concerned parent added: "He is being given one-to-one teaching on-site but he shouldn’t be allowed back.

"I don’t want a call saying my daughter’s been stabbed. The boy needs help. I’ll probably look for a new school next term if it’s not sorted."

Hangleton and Knoll councillor Dawn Barnett said other fearful parents told her they would also be looking for new schools.

She said: "I received an e-mail from the council saying the child and his mother were being given alternative arrangements for education, but I’m upset I only found out about what happened from parents in the playground. It’s disgusting.

“Some parents are telling me they don’t want to send their children back to school until something is done about it. They’re not happy he’s still there."

The mother of another six-year-old girl who was in the boy’s class said the youngster was “normally quiet”.

She said: “He is a quiet boy, you don’t hear from him."

Headteacher Emma Lake said: “Following an incident on Monday in a Year 1 class we excluded one of our pupils in line with our school behaviour policy.

“We would like to reassure parents that their children were not put at risk by the incident which was dealt with effectively and immediately by the class teacher.

“The safety of the children in the school is of paramount importance. Arrangements have already been made to ensure that there is no repetition of the incident, and that the school continues to provide a very safe learning environment for our children.”

Ms Lake said the school was working closely with the child’s parents and Brighton and Hove City Council’s specialist education team to support his “future education needs.”

This follows the case of a 14-year-old boy who admitted stabbing a supply teacher in a Bradford school classroom last month.

The schoolboy denied attempted murder but admitted causing grievous bodily harm to 50-year-old Vincent Uzomah with intent on June 11.

The Crown Prosecution Service accepted the plea and the judge, Jonathan Durham Hall QC, said the boy would be sentenced at a later date.