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School closures: Find out which are shut in your local authority amid snow and ice weather warnings
Hundreds of schools are closed for the fourth day running as the UK endures an icy blast, with temperatures hitting as low as minus 16C.. Snow and sleet began to hit southern England on Wednesday ...
Schools across the UK have been forced to close for a fourth day after freezing weather conditions cause snow and ice.. Storm Bert is set to reach the UK on Saturday and the Met Office is ...
To meet these requirements, many schools that face a likelihood of closure build a few extra school days into their calendar. If, by the end of the year, these days are unused, some schools give students days off. If all snow days are exhausted, and inclement weather requires more closures, schools usually make the days up later in the year.
1 December – Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock tells the COVID-19 Inquiry that more severe restrictions in January 2021, such as school closures, could have been avoided if the UK government had acted to impose a lockdown earlier in the autumn of 2020. He also suggests that local politicians put "politics over public health".
Following a spike in COVID-19 cases in Leicester, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces the reintroduction of stricter lockdown measures for the city, including the closure of non-essential retailers from the following day, and the closure of schools from 2 July. People in Leicester are advised to stay at home as much as possible, while it is ...
Dozens of schools have been forced to shut across the UK after a second night of snow hit large parts of the country. A Met Office yellow ice warning covering southern England, the Midlands and ...
School attendance was not compulsory for pupils in England, regardless of whether they had a place available or not, until the start of the 2020–21 academic year. [16] Meanwhile, schools in Wales reopened on 29 June, and although all year groups returned, until the summer holidays attendance was non-compulsory and part-time. [20]