School arranges morning-after pills for girls of 14 after end-of-term party descends into drunken orgy

The school said yesterday that "a disturbingly high" number of pupils had unprotected sex while drunk as up to 200 teenagers ran riot at a village hall.

In stark terms, it warned parents of the risk of pregnancy and sexually-transmitted disease, telling them: "Assume the worst."

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During the unsupervised party the hall was badly damaged and nearby residents were horrified when the revellers spilled out into the street, among them a boy stripped to his boxer shorts and scantily-clad girls.

The local pub landlord said he was threatened when he refused to sell them alcohol and cigarettes.

It went so far out of control that the school has taken the dramatic step of writing to all parents graphically describing what went on.

] The party was held at the village institute in Wray, on the edge of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, by Year 11 pupils from Queen Elizabeth School in nearby Kirkby Lonsdale.

Parents and hall officials are believed to have been told there would be adult supervision, but the teenagers had apparently forged signatures.

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After complaints from villagers, the comprehensive's deputy head, Alison Hughes, wrote to parents in stark terms.

Along with "significant and harmful quantities" of drink, the children had also taken illegal drugs.

Mrs Hughes added that underage sex among the partygoers - aged between 14 and 16 - had been widespread and warned that some of them may be at risk of pregnancy or sexually-transmitted diseases.

She said most of the girls who had unprotected sex "were too drunk to be in control of themselves. The risks are real. Assume the worst." The girls were referred for sexual health care.

Mrs Hughes also reported criminal-damage to the hall and said one boy "could have died" as a result of the cocktail of drink and drugs he apparently unwittingly consumed.

Villagers said some of the children tried to break into the ambulance that took him to hospital.

The deputy head said many parents wrongly assumed that because the party was being held at a village hall, there would be a responsible adult involved, and urged them to be more careful in future.

"This is the underside of teenage life in this area," she added. Around 70 children from the school are thought to have been among the estimated 200 party-goers.

The event is thought to have been organised by two friends who sold tickets to classmates, many of whom passed the details to others.

Neil Taplin, landlord of the George and Dragon, said youths had urinated against his pub's walls and sworn when he refused to serve them alcohol and cigarettes.

Although an ambulance crew attended, no calls were apparently made to police.

Locals who went to clean up said they found broken glass, bloodstains and evidence of drug-taking. A new sink had been smashed.

Sue Rowland, who chairs the village institute committee, said the pupils had forged adults' signatures, leading them to believe it would be a supervised event.

She added: "We haven't received an apology from any of the teenagers."

It is not the first time children from the school have been accused of running riot. In December 2006 there were tales of drunkenness, damage and sex after a group booked out the village institute in Kirkby Lonsdale itself.