Adverse Weather
School Closures due to Adverse Weather Conditions
On rare occasions we may need to take the decision to close the school due to adverse weather conditions posing a health and safety risk to the school community.
We aim to avoid, as far as possible, any uncertainty and confusion in the event of a possible school closure and we will endeavour to communicate as fully as possible with you.
In making the decision to close we take into consideration a range of factors including:
- weather updates from the Met Office
- road information from the Highways Agency
- local reports on local and national news sites
- recommendations from the local authority
- the conditions of the site itself
- conditions of local roads
- hazardous driving conditions
- health and safety risk assessments
- any risk to staffing - do we have sufficient staffing? can we provide children with a meal during the day?
The decision to close the school is made by the Headteacher in conjunction with the Chair of Governors.
Closure Before the Start of the School Day
Parents will be informed by 7:30 am via the text service.
Closure during the School Day
Parents will be informed via text service and asked to collect their child / children. If you are unable to collect your child yourself please inform the class teacher via Dojo who will be collecting your child.
PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE SCHOOL AS WE WILL NEED TO KEEP THE TELEPHONE LINES FREE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Please use this link to complete the form giving the names of alternative adults who can collect your children if you are unable to get to school during adverse weather conditions: