A WARNING has been sent out to parents after a man approached a school pupil and asked him to get in his car.

The pupil was walking home from Millfields Primary School in Wivenhoe on Tuesday when a man in a car asked him to get in.

Fortunately, the pupil refused and raised the alarm.

An alert has been sent out to parents at the school and others in Wivenhoe warning them and their children to be vigilant.