A Leicester primary school forced to shut after thieves stole copper pipes supplying water will remain shut tomorrow.
Parks Primary's premises officer reported the incident at 7.54am this morning to Leicestershire police and officers are now investigating.
Head teacher Cas Evans said: "We have no water to wash our hands or flushing water for the toilets and for health and safety reasons will remain shut tomorrow.
"The local authority has been out to assess the damage and that work continues. New pipes are being put in today and over the course of Tuesday. It's our hope that we will then be able to open on Wednesday as normal but we'll update parents via text message and our Facebook and Twitter pages."
The thieves broke in via the school's roof and water tank.
Mrs Evans added: "They didn't enter the main school area and that's why the alarm did not go off.
"This has caused a lot of disruption to our pupils and we're thankful that it wasn't during the exam period when Sats take place.
"We're mindful of not causing more damage and flooding the place when we turn the water supply back on so we're carefully checking every inch of pipe work."
It is not yet known how much copper piping has been stolen and what value it has.
