Essex County Council have a page on their website to share any school closures. If you want to check whether the school is closed, please go to the following site and follow the links to school closures.

http://www.essex.gov.uk/Education-Schools/Schools/Dates/Pages/Emergency-School-Closures.aspx

In the event of a closure, our Remote Learning Policy can be found here:

We will also update our own website and send out a message to parents on Class Dojo.

Please note that the messaging system can get clogged up on closure days due to the volume of messages being sent at the same time. Although we send messages, they may not reach you immediately and the internet has been known to crash under pressure!

Please do not ring the school in the morning should it snow; we will update the website, put a message on the Essex County Council website and send out a message on Class Dojo should we need to close. 

Not all of our staff live locally, so they may struggle to get to school through a congested road network or roads blocked by snow.  Please see the procedure detailed below.

The decision to close is never taken lightly and is made in discussion with the Trust CEO. We try to make that decision early so that arrangements can be made for childcare where needed.

Snow/Adverse Weather Procedure 

In the event of disruption caused by heavy snow, the prime concern of the school will always be the safety of the pupils and staff. The school's priority is to remain open in the event of snow or adverse weather conditions.  There are, however, certain factors which may unavoidably lead to the school closing. These are as follows:  

•there are not enough members of staff to provide satisfactory care;  

•the severity of the weather conditions is on such a major scale that it is unlikely that many people will be able, physically, to make it into school;  

•the school is unable to provide lunch for the children;  

•the school grounds are not sufficiently safe for children, parents and staff;  

•the school does not have sufficient heating;  

•the school does not have lighting and hot water across the site;  

•external agencies, e.g. police, local government, motoring organisations, etc, are advising against school travel in our region 

School open:  

If the school is open, we will aim to remain open until the end of the normal school day. However, if during the school day weather conditions deteriorate a decision will be made whether to offer parents the opportunity to collect children earlier. This information will be communicated to parents via an email and a message on Class Dojo.  If you will be delayed in collecting your child, please ring the school office to keep us informed. As always, we will look after your child(ren) until you arrive.  When the school is open during adverse weather conditions, parents will also be kept informed on Class Dojo if clubs or trips have to be cancelled. 

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