ARMED police have stormed a quiet residential road after teachers of a local school were "shot at" from a neighbouring house.

Thames Valley Police said officers were called at 6:15pm on Wednesday, March 8, to a report of a firearms incident at Claires Court Senior Boys School in Ray Mill Road East Maidenhead.

Officers said teachers had been shot at by 'an air rifle or similar'.

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A spokesperson for the force said: “An air rifle or similar had been fired multiple times into the school grounds towards teachers from an address in Woodhurst Road. No one was hurt. 

“A member of staff attended the address but the occupants denied the offence.

“Officers, including an armed deployment, attended and cleared the area around the address but it was unoccupied."

Residents in the area were told to stay inside their homes as the area was searched, with two police cars and an armed vehicle on the scene.

Thames Valley Police added: “Around an hour later, officers stopped a vehicle near the address and arrested three 19-year-old men, two from Maidenhead and one from Slough, on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

“Officers also searched a house and seized a firearm.

“One of the men from Maidenhead was given a caution and the other two men were released with no further action.”