Parents were told not to let their children walk home alone after the incident on Eastbourne Avenue on Wednesday
Parents have been urged not to let their children walk home from school after a woman grabbed a schoolboy in the street.
Police are investigating the incident, which happened in Gateshead on Wednesday.
Police Officers say that they received a report that a car had stopped next to a schoolboy while he was walking home alone on Eastbourne Avenue and a woman got out and shouted at him, before grabbing him.
Teachers at Caedmon Primary School, on Whitehall Road, are understood to have sent a text message to families following the incident.
And the head teacher at White Mere Primary School, in Wardley has posted a warning online.
On the school's Facebook page and website, Chris Boddy urged parents to stay vigilant.
He wrote: "Following an incident, Caedmon Primary are advising that pupils don't walk alone to/from school. As a result, we would also advise parents to be vigilant. More information will follow."
Police say the boy was not injured in the incident, and there is no suggestion the woman tried to get him in the car.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "At around 4.50pm on Wednesday afternoon police received a report of a suspicious wehicle on Eastbourne Avenue in Gateshead.
"The vehicle - described as being similar to a burnt orange Nissan Qashqai with red and balck wheels - has stopped next to a schoolboy at around 3.20pm as he walked home from school.
"A woman has got out of the vehicle and shouted at him. She has grabbed the boy during the altercation at which point he has left the area and his parents have later notified police.
"The child wasn't injured and there is no indication the woman was trying to get the boy into the vehicle but enquiries to trace the car is still ongoing.
"Officers have spoken to schools n the area but there is nothing to suggest that this vehicle is targeting children in the area."
One mum, who has two children at White Mere Primary, said the warning had caused panic among parents.
she told ChronicleLive: "We haven't heard much. I woke up this morning to a WhatsApp message asking if anyone knew anything about it and I obviously started worrying.
"People are saying a woman tried to get a kid in a car, and the car was being driven by a man.
"It has caused a lot of worry. My children are too young to walk to school alone, but I know lots of children do, and you see mums and dads dropping them off outside school on their way to work.
"I don't think we have given enough information, this message has just caused worry and panic."
Anyone who thinks thye know the identity of those in the vehicle should call Northumbria Police on 11 quoting log 767 13/09/17.