Schoolteacher stabbed in the neck ‘lucky to be alive’ after she was targeted in playground attack that saw one pupil and another teacher slashed with flick knife as police quiz Year 9 girl over ‘attempted murder’

A schoolteacher was lucky to be alive on Wednesday night after being stabbed in the neck by a teenage girl during a playground knife rampage.

Armed with a flick knife, the teenager is said to have targeted the teacher before a fellow pupil and a teacher intervened.

A colleague then bravely stepped in to disarm the schoolgirl, forcing her to drop the weapon.