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Schools closed today in full after huge 20cm snow blast as Brits face biting -15C

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Schools across the country are closed today following fresh snowfall last night.

Several weather warnings remain in place today, including four for snow and ice and one for ice, as temperatures have again plummeted overnight. Forecasters had anticipated the mercury would sink to as low as -15C in the early hours of Thursday morning.

And an amber weather warning for snow ended at 9pm last night for most of Southwest of England. It means schools, particularly in this region, are at risk of closing today – and children will excitedly be awaiting their school or local authority’s big decision this morning.

A cluster of schools in Devon, a county hit heavily by snow last night, are closed today. Castle Cary Primary School in Somerset confirmed last night its boiler has broken, thought to be as a result of the weather, so it is closed today. However, most schools in nearby Bristol have beaten the freeze to be able to open, the council’s website indicates.

A raft of schools across Yorkshire, notably in Bradford, are closed – use your local authority’s website to check if yours is open today. Families are advised to use the government’s tool – which collates such data – to find out if their school is open. You just need to enter your postcode in the toolbar here.

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Offwell Church Of England Primary School – Partial

Hennock Community Primary School – Closed

Chudleigh Church Of England Community Primary School – Partial

Tavistock College – Partial

Cockwood Primary School – Partial

Kenton Primary School – Partial

Kenn Church Of England Primary School – Partial

Starcross Primary School – Partial

Dunsford Community Academy – Partial

Okehampton College – Partial

Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary – Closed

Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School – Partial

Newton Abbot College – Partial

Moretonhampstead Primary School – Closed

Ilsington Church Of England Primary School – Closed

Christow Primary School – Closed

The Promise School – Closed

Princetown Community Primary School – Partial

Cornwall College St Austell – Closed

Doubletrees School – opening 11am

Duchy College Stoke Climsland – Closed

Pensilva School – opening at 10.45am

Treverbyn Academy – opening at 10am

Whitemoor Academy – opening at 10am

Forncett St. Peter CE VA Primary School – Closed

All Saints’ CofE Primary School (Ilkley) Partial

Appleton Academy Partial

Atlas Community Primary School – closed

Baildon Glen Primary School -closed

Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery – closed

Beckfoot Heaton Primary – closed

Beckfoot Nessfield – closed

Beckfoot Oakbank – closed

Beckfoot Phoenix – closed

Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery – partial

Beckfoot School – partial

Beckfoot Thornton – Closed

Beckfoot Upper Heaton – Closed

Beechcliffe Special School – Closed

Belle Vue Girls’ Academy – Closed

Ben Rhydding Primary School – Partial

Bingley Grammar School – Partial

Blakehill Primary School – Closed

Brackenhill Primary School – Closed

Bradford Academy – Closed

Bradford Alternative Provision Academy – Closed

Bradford Forster Academy – Closed

Bradford Girls’ Grammar School – Closed

Bradford Schools Online – Closed

Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School – Partial

Byron Primary School

Carlton Keighley

Carlton Mills

Carrwood Primary School

Chellow Heights Special School

Christ Church Church of England Academy

Clayton St John CofE Primary School

Clayton Village Primary School

Co-op Academy Delius

Co-op Academy Parkland – Partial

Co-op Academy Princeville – Partial

Co-op Academy Southfield

Crossflatts Primary School

Crossley Hall Primary School

Cullingworth Village Primary School

Denholme Primary School

Dixons Kings Academy

Dixons Marchbank Primary

Dixons Trinity Academy – Partial

Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Bradford – Partial

Eldwick Primary School – Partial

Fagley Primary School

Farfield Primary and Nursery School

Farnham Primary School

Feversham Girls’ Secondary Academy

Feversham Primary Academy

Foxhill Primary School

Girlington Primary School

Greengates Primary Academy – Partial

Grove House Primary School

Hanson Academy -Partial

Hazelbeck Special School

Heaton St Barnabas’ CofE Aided Primary School

High Park School

Hill Top CofE Primary School

Hollingwood Primary School

Holybrook Primary School

Holycroft Primary School

Horton Park Primary School

Hoyle Court Primary School

Idle CofE Primary School

Ilkley Grammar School – Partial

Immanuel College

Ingrow Primary School

Keelham Primary School

Keighley St Andrew’s CofE Primary School & Nursery – Partial

Killinghall Primary School

Knowleswood Primary School – Partial

Lapage Primary School and Nursery

Laycock Primary School

Ley Top Primary School

Lilycroft Primary School

Long Lee Primary School

Low Ash Primary School

Low Moor CofE Primary School

Lower Fields Primary Academy – partial

Margaret McMillan Primary School

Marshfield Primary

Meadow Bank Community School

Menston Primary School – Partial

Merlin Top Primary Academy

Miriam Lord Primary School

Myrtle Park Primary

Newby Primary School

Newhall Park Primary School

Oastlers School

One In A Million Free School – partial

Our Lady and St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School

Oxenhope CofE Primary School

Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy

Parkside School

Parkwood Primary School

Peel Park Primary School and Nursery

Poplars Farm Primary School

Reevy Hill Primary School

Riddlesden St Mary’s CofE Primary School

Russell Hall Primary School

Saltaire Primary School

Sandal Primary School

Sandy Lane Primary School

Shibden Head Primary Academy

Shipley CofE Primary School

Shirley Manor Primary School

Southmere Primary Academy – Partial

St Anne’s Catholic Primary School

St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School (Clayton)

St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School (Shipley)

St Columba’s Catholic Primary School

St Cuthbert & The First Martyrs’ Catholic Primary

St Francis Catholic Primary School

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School (Bingley)

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School (Bradford)

St Luke’s CofE Primary School

St Matthew’s Catholic Primary School

St Matthew’s CofE Primary School and Nursery

St Oswald’s Church of England Primary Academy

St Paul’s CofE Primary School

St Philip’s CofE Primary School

St Walburga’s Catholic Primary School

St William’s Catholic Primary School

St. Clare’s Catholic Primary School

Stanbury Village School

Steeton Primary School

Stocks Lane Primary School

Strong Close Nursery School

Thackley Primary School

The Holy Family Catholic School

The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School – partial

Thornton Primary School – partial

Trinity Academy Bradford – partial

Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School – partial

Victoria Primary School

Wellington Primary School

Westbourne Primary School

Westminster Church of England Primary Academy

Whetley Academy – partial

Wibsey Primary School

Wilsden Primary School – partial

Woodlands Church of England Primary Academy – partial

Woodside Academy

Worth Valley Primary School

Wycliffe CofE Primary School

Abernethy Primary: Closed

Abernethy Primary Nursery: Closed

Acharacle Primary: Closed

Alness Academy: Closed

Ardgour Primary: Closed

Ardgour Primary Nursery: Closed

Ardnamurchan High School: Closed

Ardross Primary: Closed

Auchtertyre Primary: Closed

Avoch Primary: Closed

Avoch Primary Nursery: Closed

Bonar Bridge Primary: Closed

Bridgend Primary: Closed

Bridgend Primary Nursery: Closed

Broadford Primary: Closed

Broadford Primary Nursery – EM: Closed

Broadford Primary Nursery – GM: Closed

Cannich Bridge Primary: Closed

Cannich Bridge Primary Nursery: Closed

Carrbridge Primary: Closed

Carrbridge Primary Nursery: Closed

Cauldeen Primary: Partially closed – opening 1 hour later

Central Primary: Closed

Central Primary Nursery: Closed

Charleston Academy: Closed

Coulhill Primary: Closed

Coulhill Primary Nursery: Closed

Craighill Primary: Closed

Craighill Primary Nursery – EM: Closed

Craighill Primary Nursery – GM: Closed

Culbokie Primary: Closed

Culbokie Primary Nursery: Closed

Culloden Academy: Closed

Deshar Primary: Closed

Deshar Primary Nursery: Closed

Dingwall Academy: Closed

Dornoch Academy: Closed

Dornoch Primary: Closed

Dornoch Primary Nursery: Closed

Drummond School: Partially closed – opening 1 hour later

Edderton Primary: Closed

Farr Primary (Inv): Closed

Farr Primary Nursery (Inv): Closed

Ferintosh Primary: Closed

Fortrose Academy: Closed

Gledfield Primary: Closed

Glenurquhart Primary: Closed

Glenurquhart Primary Nursery – GM: Closed

Golspie High School: Closed

Grantown Grammar School: Closed

Grantown Primary: Closed

Grantown Primary Nursery: Closed

Inver Primary: Closed

Invergordon Academy: Closed

Inverness Royal Academy: Closed

Kilchuimen Academy: Closed

Kilchuimen Primary: Closed

Kilchuimen Primary Nursery: Closed

Kiltearn Primary: Closed

Kiltearn Primary Nursery: Closed

Knockbreck Primary (Tain): Closed

Lairg Primary: Closed

Lairg Primary Nursery: Closed

Lochaline Primary: Closed

Lochaline Primary Nursery: Closed

Millburn Academy: Closed

Mulbuie Primary: Closed

Mulbuie Primary Nursery: Closed

Munlochy Primary: Closed

Newmore Primary: Closed

North Kessock Primary: Closed

North Kessock Primary Nursery: Closed

Park Primary Nursery: Closed

Park Primary School: Closed

Plockton High School: Closed

Plockton Primary: Closed

Plockton Primary Nursery – GM: Closed

Poolewe Primary: Partially closed – opening 1 hour later

Portree High School: Closed

Portree Primary: Closed

Resolis Primary: Closed

Resolis Primary Nursery: Closed

Rosehall Primary: Closed

South Lodge Primary: Closed

South Lodge Primary Nursery: Closed

St Clement’s School: Closed

St Clement’s School Nursery: Closed

St Duthus School: Closed

Stratherrick Primary: Closed

Stratherrick Primary Nursery: Closed

Strathpeffer Primary Nursery: Closed

Strontian Primary: Closed

Tain Royal Academy: Closed

Tore Primary: Closed

Ullapool High School: Partially closed – no school transport

Highfield School

Accrington St John with St Augustine CofE Primary School

Accrington St Peter’s Church of England Primary School

Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School

St. Bartholomew’s CE(VC) Primary School, Longnor

St. Edward’s Cof E Academy, Leek

Fiveways Special School – Partial

Castle Cary Primary School

Priddy Primary School

Kingsmead School, Partial

The Meadows School

Cross-in-Hand Church Of England Primary School -Partial

Five Ashes Church of England Primary School – Partial

Netherfield Church of England Primary School – Partial

Newick Church of England Primary School – Partial

Ticehurst and Flimwell Church of England Primary School – Partial

Wadhurst Church of England Primary School – Partial

Exact temperatures recorded overnight across the UK are yet to be collated and shared by the Met Office. It has, though, confirmed the mercury fell to -8.4C in Shap, Cumbria, before 11pm on Wednesday. It was also -7.4C in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, and -7C in Drumnadrochit, Scottish Highlands.

Speaking on Wednesday morning, Met Office Chief Meteorologist Steve Willington said: “With low temperatures persisting across southwestern parts of England, sleet or snow will fall to low levels in parts of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset through Wednesday afternoon and evening.

“At locations above 150 m, 2-5 cm is possible, but over the higher ground of Dartmoor and Exmoor up to 10 cm could accumulate. More widely across southern England, a dusting of snow, up to a couple of centimetres, is possible as the system moves eastwards. The snow could cause some disruption to the transport network during this evening’s rush hour.”

Ice will be particularly dangerous across Southwest of England today, as surfaces may be untreated in rural areas. Once these freeze, ice will present a hazard for those travelling, including on foot and in cars, throughout today’s morning rush hour.

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