One of the teenagers took the class B drug into All Saints College in West Denton, Newcastle as a prank.
The 14 year-old, who has not been identified, then added it to hiscake mix during the home economics lesson before sharing the brownies with four Year 9 classmates.
Another is thought to have joined in but was later found not to have tasted
them.
When the teacher realised what had happened, paramedics and the police were
called and the six pupils were taken to hospital.
All were found not to have suffered any ill-effects and were later discharged.
But the pupil responsible for making the cannabis cakes was arrested and bailed by Northumbria Police. He has since been expelled by the school following the incident last week.
The four pupils who ate the brownies have been suspended.
The father of one of suspended pupils said his son did not believe the prankster when he told them he had laced the brownies with cannabis.
''My son swears this student told the rest of them what he had done but they didn't believe him and ate it thinking he was joking," said the parent, who has not been named.
The father, who was concerned about his son's suspension, rushed to hospital after hearing what happened and said the pupils were ''a bit light-headed'', but otherwise fine.
On Friday a Northumbria Police spokesman said: ''At 10.32am on Friday May 18 police received information that a student had taken cannabis into a class at All Saints College on West Denton Way.
''Six children were initially thought to have been affected and were taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary as a precaution before being discharged the same day.
''A 14-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the incident and has been bailed.''
A spokesman for the college added: ''We can confirm that a Year 9 pupil brought some cannabis into a cookery lesson and shared it with four other pupils after adding it to some chocolate brownies.
"As soon as it became apparent what was going on we immediately rang both the police and paramedics as a precaution.
''The pupil who brought the drugs was arrested and has now been permanently removed from school, while the other four have also been suspended. We take incidents such as this very seriously.''
The father of one of suspended pupils said his son did not believe the prankster when he told them he had laced the brownies with cannabis.
''My son swears this student told the rest of them what he had done but they didn't believe him and ate it thinking he was joking," said the parent, who has not been named.
The father, who was concerned about his son's suspension, rushed to hospital after hearing what happened and said the pupils were ''a bit light-headed'', but otherwise fine.
On Friday a Northumbria Police spokesman said: ''At 10.32am on Friday May 18 police received information that a student had taken cannabis into a class at All Saints College on West Denton Way.
''Six children were initially thought to have been affected and were taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary as a precaution before being discharged the same day.
''A 14-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the incident and has been bailed.''
A spokesman for the college added: ''We can confirm that a Year 9 pupil brought some cannabis into a cookery lesson and shared it with four other pupils after adding it to some chocolate brownies.
"As soon as it became apparent what was going on we immediately rang both the police and paramedics as a precaution.
''The pupil who brought the drugs was arrested and has now been permanently removed from school, while the other four have also been suspended. We take incidents such as this very seriously.''
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