Will your child’s school be closed today? (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
We are well and truly in the middle of what’s been dubbed the ‘freeze of the century’ – and the current ‘wall of snow’ sweeping across the UK could lead to school closures.
Snow and ice warnings have been extended across the UK as The Met Office warns temperatures this week will be 5-6°C colder than average.
And as soon as the white stuff starts to fall, parents up and down the country will start to hear the inevitable question from their children: ‘Is it a snow day today?’
One of the biggest impacts snowy weather can have is school closures, which can leave parents scrabbling to make alternative plans with little notice.
But how can you find out if your child’s school is closed today?
Is my child’s school closed today?
The easiest way to check if schools are open is to look on the local authority’s website.
However, your school’s own website or social media accounts may also be able to give you up-to-the-minute information.
How to find out if your school is closed today
To find out, you can search via postcode on the Gov.UK site (for England and Wales).
Alternatively, you can take a look at which schools are closing by area:
Aberdeenshire school closures
Barnsley school closures
Bracknell Forest school closures
Bradford school closures
Buckinghamshire school closures
Calderdale school closures
Cornwall school closures
Derbyshire school closures
Devon school closures
Doncaster school closures
Durham school closures
East Dunbartonshire school closures
East Renfrewshire school closures
East Riding school closures
East Sussex school closures
City of Edinburgh school closures
Essex school closures
Falkirk school closures
Fife school closures
Gateshead school closures
Glasgow City school closures
Gloucestershire school closures
Hampshire school closures
Herefordshire school closures
Hertfordshire school closures
Hull school closures
Kent school closures
Kirklees school closures
Leeds school closures
Leicestershire school closures
Lincolnshire school closures
London school closures
Norfolk school closures
North Lanarkshire school closures
North Lincolnshire school closures
North Yorkshire school closures
Northamptonshire school closures
Northern Ireland school closures
Northumberland school closures
Nottinghamshire school closures
Oxfordshire school closures
Rotherham school closures
Scottish Borders school closures
Sheffield school closures
Shropshire school closures
Somerset school closures
South Tyneside school closures
Staffordshire school closures
Stirling school closures
Suffolk school closures
Surrey school closures
The Highlands school closures
Warwickshire school closures
West Berkshire school closures
West Lothian school closures
West Sussex school closures
Wiltshire school closures
Worcestershire school closures
City of York school closures
In Scotland, you can search for emergency school closures on the mygov.scot site.
In Northern Ireland, check on the nidirect site.
How do schools decide whether to close?
The decision on when schools close is usually based on the inside temperature, as well as how hazardous the site is, as lots of snow and ice can pose a risk of injury.
