Full list of school closures across UK today as Britain hit by more snow overnight

Schools crossed the UK volition this greeting transportation retired their ain hazard assessments and instrumentality section issues, specified arsenic entree routes, into relationship erstwhile decising if it is harmless to unfastened pursuing the snow

Snow has again fallen crossed parts of the UK this greeting and ice remains a hazard for galore forcing schools to close.

Up to 12cm of snow fell connected Tuesday, with the heaviest deluges crossed the Midlands, and further wintry weather is forecast for parts of Scotland and Northeast of England today. Six abstracted upwind warnings are successful spot today, the largest by country is for crystal crossed the Midlands and Home Counties arsenic temperatures stubbornly stay beneath freezing for galore areas.

It means schools crossed the state person large decisions to marque contiguous - and hazard assessments volition person been carried retired from the archetypal airy to determine whether it is harmless for children and unit to beryllium in. More than 200 schools were forced to adjacent connected Tuesday owed to the weather.

Decisions volition beryllium made locally based connected communal consciousness and determination are a ample scope of things that schools volition consider, including if staffing levels can’t beryllium met due to the fact that transport issues are preventing teachers from getting to work. Other examples see information conditions astir the school, and temperatures successful schoolhouse buildings.

Often, schools are capable to facilitate distant learning successful these situations. This was introduced by necessity during the lockdowns imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and is inactive regularly utilized by schools now.

But immoderate whitethorn determine to cancel classes altogether - and it'll springiness families a accidental to bask the snow. Photographs connected Tuesday showed children gathering snowmen and hurtling down hills connected sledges, a uncommon show successful November successful this country.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Neil Armstrong said: “With acold Arctic aerial firmly successful spot implicit the UK, continued wintertime hazards are apt done overmuch of this week, with further updates to warnings apt successful the coming days.

"The existent absorption for upcoming snowfall and crystal hazard is from aboriginal connected Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday, with snowfall showers apt moving successful disconnected windward coasts successful the northbound and east, arsenic good arsenic drifting into parts of Northern Ireland and Wales.

“In excess of 10cm of snowfall is imaginable implicit higher crushed wrong the informing areas, with 1-2cm perchance settling astatine little levels, which has the imaginable to pb to immoderate question disruption. Ice is an further hazard and is apt to signifier rapidly connected untreated surfaces.”

The Mirror volition proceed to update this leafage accordingly erstwhile schools corroborate their decisions. However, truthful far, the pursuing schools person said they are closed today:

Scotland

• Alford Academy

• Alford Primary School

• Auchterless School

• Crudie School

• Drumblade School

• Gordon Schools

• Kennethmont School

• Largue School

• Rhynie School

• Towie School

• Turriff Academy