Rolf Harris 'asked to leave' after walking onto primary school grounds
Disgraced entertainer and convicted sex offender was reported to police
Press Association Reporters
Harris on the school grounds
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Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris was asked to leave after he walked onto the grounds of a primary school near his home.
The convicted sex offender, who was jailed for five years and nine months in 2014 and released on licence in May 2017, went onto the premises of Oldfield Primary School in Bray, Berkshire, reportedly to talk to a sculptor working in the grounds.
In a statement, headmaster Richard Jarrett said: "In line with our standard procedures, an uninvited individual was asked to leave the outer perimeter of the school site yesterday, which he did without delay.
"At no time did any of our pupils come into contact with the individual, nor was the individual invited by us on to school grounds.
"As a precaution, the incident has been reported to the Thames Valley Police."
Harris declined to answer journalists' questions about what he was doing at the school when he left his gated home near the Thames on Wednesday.
He was driven away in a Range Rover.
Two police community support officers were on duty in the area as pupils arrived for lessons.
Parents dropping their children off declined to talk about what had happened.
A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said officials were looking into the matter and "appropriate action" would be taken.
"When sex offenders are released they are subject to strict licence conditions and are liable to be returned to custody for breaching them.
"We are looking into these reports and will take appropriate action."
Thames Valley Police said: "A report was made that a man was on the site of the school. An officer attended the scene but no offence was committed. No arrests were made."
Harris, a family favourite for decades, was convicted of 12 indecent assaults at London's Southwark Crown Court in June 2014, including one on an eight-year-old autograph hunter, two on girls in their early teens, and a catalogue of abuse against his daughter's friend over 16 years.
They took place between 1968 and 1986.
In May 2017 he was formally cleared of four unconnected historical sex offences, which he had denied. Later the same year, one of the 12 indecent assault convictions was overturned by the Court of Appeal.