TWO people have been arrested as part of a school fraud investigation that has already seen an Arkley teacher questioned.

A man and a woman, both 51, were taken in for questioning from separate addresses in northwest London on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud Copland Community School, in Wembley.

This is the second round of arrests in a probe of alleged misappropriation of Copland's funds after ex-head Sir Alan Davies, ex-deputy Dr Richard Evans and his 50-year-old wife Leslie were questioned on Tuesday, March 1.

Dr Evans was dismissed last year for gross misconduct, and has been working as a maths teacher at Mill Hill County High School since September.

In the 2001 and 2005 General Elections he stood as the Tory party candidate for the Hendon constituency.

The trio were bailed by police to return in September, while the two new suspects are being quizzed at police stations in northwest London.