
Snow has hit Essex heavily over the weekend, and while parents and kids have had a lot of fun over the weekend there is now the usual uncertainty over whether or not school will be open, and if it is possible to find childcare at such short notice.
The official advice from Essex County Council is that you need to contact the schools direct in the morning to find out if they are open. Most schools now operate an answer phone system which will state if the school is closed before you are directed to reception. Some schools send out text messages or emails too.
If you are aware of a school that is closed please feel free to mention it in the comments below. It may help someone save a wasted journey in these dangerous conditions. Some of the best schools in Essex have managed to remain open, which is always good news for working parents.
11th February 2013
We are not currently aware of any school closures resulting from the overnight snow.
21st January 2013
The following 83 schools in and around Essex (some Herts schools too) are shut on Monday 21st January 2013 (updated 8am on 21/1/13). NB. we can provide no guarantees of the accuracy of this list – do call the school to double check first. Data sourced from schools, Radio and other sources:
- The Alderton Junior and Infants School, Loughton
- Arlesdene Nursery, Cheshunt
- Arthur Bugler Infants and Junior School, Stanford Le Hope
- Ashingdon Pre School – Opening at 9.30am
- Baddow Hall Infants and Juniors School.
- Bonneygrove Primary School, Cheshunt
- Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School (external exams taking place as normal)
- The Bromfords School, Wickford
- Broxbourne C of E Primary
- Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School
- The Chauncy School, Ware
- Chelmer Valley High School
- Chigwell Primary School
- Chigwell Row Infant School
- Children Support Service, Copford and Mile End, Colchester
- Christ Church (C of E) V A Primary & Nursery, Ware
- Churchgate Primary School, Harlow
- Church Langley Primary School, Harlow
- Colchester Royal Grammar School (Closed other than for external exams)
- Cressing Primary School, Cressing, Braintree
- De La Salle School, Basildon
- Deneholm Primary, Little Thurrock
- Dunmow St Mary’s Primary, Great Dunmow
- Fawbert & Barnard Infants’ Primary, Sawbridgeworth
- Flamstead End Primary, Cheshunt
- Forres Primary School, Hoddesdon
- Friars Grove Primary School, Colchester OPENING 10AM
- Furze Infant School, Chadwell Heath
- Gilberd School, Highwoods, Colchester
- Glenwood School, New Thundersley, Benfleet
- Goffs School, Cheshunt (Open for students taking public exams)
- Grays Convent High School, Grays
- Grays School Media Arts College, Grays
- Harlowbury Primary School, Old Harlow
- Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre, Dunmow
- Henry Moore Primary School, Church Langley, Harlow
- Hereward Primary School, Loughton
- Heybridge and Braintree Children’s Support Service
- High Wych C of E Primary, Sawbridgeworth
- Hillmead Primary, Bishop’s Stortford
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Harlow
- Hunsdon JMI Primary, Ware
- Kids Academy Nursery, Chelmsford
- Laindon Park Primary and Nursery School, Basildon
- Lambourne Primary School, Abridge
- Limes Farm Infants and Nursery, Chigwell
- Limes Farm Junior School, Chigwell
- Little Treasures Pre-School, Harlow
- Matching Green C of E Primary School
- Milwards Primary School and Nursery, Harlow
- The Mountfitchet Mathematics and Computing College, Stansted Mountfitchet
- Mucky Pups Pre-School, Ashingdon
- Nazeing Primary School, Nazeing
- Newport Free Grammar School, Saffron Walden (Open for exams only)
- Parklands Infants School, Romford
- Pioneer School, Basildon
- Pinewood School, Ware
- Plume School, Maldon (exams still taking place)
- Presdales, Ware (exams still taking place at 1pm)
- Puller Memorial C of E Voluntary Aided Primary, Ware
- Sheering Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School
- Sheredes Secondary School, Hoddesdon
- St Andrew’s C of E Primary School, North Weald
- St Augustine’s Catholic Primary, Hoddesdon
- St George the Martyr Pre-school, Brentwood
- St John’s Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School, Buckhurst Hill
- St. John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Loughton
- St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School, Chelmsford (Open for exams only)
- St. Mark’s Catholic School, Harlow
- St Mary’s Church of England VA High, Cheshunt
- Stebbing Primary School, Stebbing, Great Dunmow
- Summercroft Primary School, Bishop’s Stortford
- Tany’s Dell Primary, Harlow
- Thorley Hill Primary School, Bishop’s Stortford
- Thorn Grove Primary, Bishop’s Stortford
- Treetops School, Grays
- Trinity St Mary’s C of E Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers
- Upshire Primary Foundation School, Waltham Abbey
- Water Lane Primary School, Harlow
- The Westborough School, Westcliff on Sea
- Whitmore Primary and Nursery, Basildon
- William Martin Infants and Junior School, Harlow
- Woodside Academy, Grays