MORE than 100 schools in Cambridgeshire have been closed today (Friday) as heavy snow sweeps across the county. Hundreds of children were given another day off after 130 primary and secondary schools across the county were forced to close their doors be
MORE than 100 schools in Cambridgeshire have been closed today (Friday) as heavy snow sweeps across the county.
Hundreds of children were given another day off after 130 primary and secondary schools across the county were forced to close their doors because of adverse weather conditions.
In Huntingdon more 8.5cms / 3.5incs of snow had fallen by 11.30am with the Met Office predicting the snowfall would turn to sleet or rain on Friday afternoon.
Schools closed include:
Abbey College Ramsey
Abbots Ripton C of E (A) Primary School
Amber Centre, Huntingdon
Barnabas Oley C of E (C) Primary School
Brampton Village Primary School closing 12 midday
Brington C of E (C) Primary School
Buckden C of E (C) Primary School is closed from 1pm, but there will be adults in the school for parents unable to collect their children
Bucken Day Nursery is closing at 1pm
Bury C of E (A) Primary School is closed
Cromwell Park Primary School and pre-school
Crosshall Infant School
Elsworth C of E (A) Primary School is open, but will close at 1pm if parents want to come earlier they can
Eynesbury C of E (C) Primary School closing as of now (10.30am) - parents to collect as soon as possible
Great Gidding C of E (C) Primary School
Great Staughton Primary School
Hemingford Grey Primary School
Hinchingbrooke School
Holme C of E (C) Primary School closing as soon as possible (received at 10am)
Houghton Primary School closing -but no hurry to get kids
Huntingdon Nursery School is closed from 12.45pm
Huntingdon Primary School
Longsands College
Middlefield Community Primary School
Middleton Primary School
Monkfield Park Primary School
Newton Primary School
Offord Primary School is closing at 1pm
Priory Park Infant School
Ramsey Junior School closing as of 11am - adult supervision will be available for the children
Sawtry Community College
Sawtry Infant School is closed from noon
Sawtry Junior School is closing at 12 noon or as soon as parents can pick them up, the kids were given lunch at 11.30
Somersham Primary School closed from now
Southfields Infant School
Spring Common Special School closing at noon
St Anne's C of E (A) Primary School
St John C of E (C) Primary School
St Neots Community College closed as of 10.45am
Upwood Primary School closing at 1.30pm
Vine inter-church primary (The) if parents could come asap
Warboys Community Primary School
Wheatfields Primary School St Ives closing at 12.30pm. Children will be given lunch at 11.30am
Yaxley Infant School is closing from noon or as soon as parents can get here
Yaxley Junior School will be closing at noon. Parents may collect earlier
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