UPDATE: Duty Officer McKittrick praised the school community for the swift nature of the evacuation, which allowed the officers to commence their search as quickly as possible.
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"A thorough search of the school was undertaken by officers on duty, which revealed nothing, and once we'd spoken with the school and determined they hadn't received anything that could have been suspicious of late, we were happy to let the staff and students return," he said
"The school staff did an excellent job of handling the call and the subsequent evacuation. It's never easy moving a large group off a site and they did very well."
EARLIER: It's back to business as normal at St Laurence's Primary School in South Dubbo after a bomb hoax forced an evacuation of students and staff on Thursday morning.
Emergency service crews were called to the school after a call was received claiming a device was on the premises.
Notices were sent to parents informing them that the school had been evacuated, with the students, teachers and staff all sent to nearby South Dubbo Primary School.
To allay fears the notice also stipulated in bold type that all students were safe.
Roughly two hours later a further notice was sent advising that all staff and students had returned to the grounds of St Laurence's and that classes had resumed as normal.
Meanwhile, Bathurst police have confirmed a bomb threat to The Assumption School earlier on Thursday morning was a hoax.
They were called to the scene after the school received a phone call about an explosive device at 10.40am.
It is not known whether the Dubbo and Bathurst hoaxes are related to other false claims made at schools across Australia in recent weeks.
