A DUNSTABLE school closed on Monday, January 16, after a gas leak was detected.
Engineers were called in to deal with the leak at Ashton Middle School, High Street North.
The problem was resolved and the school reopened the following day.
On Monday, the school management sealed off the block in which the leak was detected and closed the school, with advice from the local authority.
Parents were alerted that the school was closing that day.
It is understood that the gas leak was traced to underground piping.