A PUPIL at Castlebrook High School has been arrested after another pupil was stabbed in the neck with scissors.

A 15-year-old boy at the school, in Parr Lane, Unsworth, was punched and kicked to the floor before being stabbed to the neck with scissors at about 3pm on Wednesday, a police spokesman said.

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent.

He has been given bail until August 18.