Bradford schools closed amid heavy snow this morning

Due to the volume of people looking, Bradford Council's school closures web page crashed just before 6.45am, returning periodically thereafter. 

A message on the Council's website apologising that the school closures page was not available (Image: T&A)

Stanbury Village Primary, near Haworth, was the first full closure announced by Bradford Council, followed by Beckfoot Upper Heaton. 

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At around 6.30am, the Council’s school closures website also announced the full closure of St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Clayton. 

Meanwhile, Beckfoot Phoenix, Beckfoot Nessfield and Crossley Hall Primary School will all close at 1pm to allow staff and students to get home safely. 

Oastlers School will also shut early.

A statement explaining the Stanbury closure said: "Met Office Yellow warning of snow, Heavy snow forecast from 9am, and Amber warning of heavy snow in the afternoon The closure may extend into Friday 10th March." 

Beckfoot Upper Heaton is also closed and said the decision was made for the safety of pupils and staff. 

Beckfoot Thornton is also shut, it explained with a message on its website:

Titus Salt School in Baildon will also not be open today.

A statement on its website, from headteacher Mr Ian Morrell, reads: "Classwork will be posted on Mircosoft Teams, there is no expectation for lessons to run in real time and no sanctions for non completion of work.

"The forecast for heavy snow from 11.00am onwards for the rest of the day is concerning as the potential hazards it may cause traveling home from school.

"As we all know, it is a struggle for the Council to clear all main routes and side roads do not get cleared.

"In addition, many families get anxious about children traveling home from school, especially if the heavy snow does arrive mid-morning and emergency travel and/or collection is needed.

"This could be made worse by more traffic than usual being on roads creating more congestion, plus buses and other school transport may either not be available or struggle through the traffic and weather creating potentially more problems."

Appleton Academy also said that pupils were being sent home at 12.30pm due to the weather.

Closures - information correct as of 10.45am:

Full Closures (42)

• Beckfoot Oakbank
  • Reason: School is closed today Thursday 9th March due to the weather conditions around school and the forecast for later in the day. Students can access learning remotely via Teams. Please take care in the snowy weather
  • Notes: Sadly, the performance tonight of our Musical, Annie Jr, is cancelled. Tickets bought for tonight can be used tomorrow, Friday March 10th. Please let us know if you need any support by email at office@beckfootoakbank.org
• Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery
  • Reason: Due to severe weather forecast for the rest of the day, we are closed to ensure the safety of our staff and students. We will review the situation for tomorrow.
• Beckfoot School
  • Reason: Due to severe weather forecast for the rest of the day, Beckfoot School are closed to ensure the safety of our staff and students. We will review the situation for tomorrow.
• Beckfoot Thornton
  • Reason: We have taken the difficult decision to close the school on 9.3.23 due to the severe weather forecast and to ensure the safety of our school community. Work will be set on teams for all students. We will review the situation for tomorrow. Apologies for the inconvenience
• Beckfoot Upper Heaton
  • Reason: Due to severe weather forecast for snow during the day. To ensure safety of students and staff.
• Beechcliffe Special School & Ash Valley College
  • Reason: Due to the forecast for snow later in the day we will be closing to pupils at 12:15pm today (09/03/2023)
• Belle Vue Girls' Academy
  • Reason: Due to severe weather forecast for the rest of the day, Belle Vue Girls' Academy is closed today to ensure the safety of our staff and students. We will review the situation for tomorrow.
• Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Central
  • Reason: Due to the snowy weather conditions we are closing the sites by 11.00am.
• Bradford Girls' Grammar School
  • Reason: Due to the snow forecast, school is closed today. We will be in touch about tomorrow. Thank you.
• Chellow Heights Special School
  • Reason: Due to the forecast school will be closed today.
• Co-op Academy Parkland
  • Reason: Due to the heavy snow forecast, school will be closed from 1pm today.
• Cottingley Village Primary School
  • Reason: Due to the weather forecast for amber snow fall from mid morning. The school has made the decision to close today. This is to ensure that everyone is kept safe and prevented from trying to collect in the forecasted heavy snow conditions which Bingley is in the middle of.
• Crossflatts Primary School
  • Reason: After carefully considering all of the forecast information for later on in the day, we have made the difficult decision to close our school from 1pm today so everyone can travel away from school safely before the amber weather alert kicks in at 3pm. We will communicate our plans for tomorrow as early as possible tomorrow morning.
• Dixons Cottingley Academy
  • Reason: Due to the severe weather forecast and Met Office Amber warning for snow and disruption the academy will be CLOSED to all students and staff today (Thursday 9 March). Thank you for your understanding.
• Dixons Kings Academy
  • Reason: Due to the severe forecast for snow later today we have decided that for the safety of all students and staff to close the academy.
• Dixons Marchbank Primary
  • Reason: Heavy snow forecast,
  • Notes: For the safety of our staff and pupils, school is closed today. We are learning online. Please ask your child to log on to Purplemash or Tapestry.
• Dixons McMillan Academy
  • Reason: Dixons McMillan Academy is closed today (09/03/2023) due to the amber weather warning for snow during the day. School is closed for all students,
• Farfield Primary and Nursery School
  • Reason: Due to the Met Office forecast for heavy snow from 9am and throughout the day, combined with the location of our school, I have taken the difficult decision to close school today. This is to ensure the safety of pupils, parents and staff, rather than risk trying to collect children during a heavy snow fall.
  • Notes: Whilst I cannot guarantee the snowfall as predicted, the location of our school and access roads means that as part of my duty of care, I have to take note of the forecast. This decision has not been taken lightly, and I apologise for the inconvenience caused. We will review the situation for tomorrow, as it may be neccessary to extend the closure into Friday.
• Farnham Primary School
  • Reason: Due to the poor weather conditions forecast today, Farnham Primary School will be closed today to all pupils. This evenings Parent Consultations are therefore cancelled and will be re scheduled.
• Feversham Primary Academy
  • Reason: Due to severe weather forecast for the rest of the day, we are closing at 1.30pm to ensure the safety of our staff and students. We will review the situation for tomorrow. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
• Foxhill Primary School
  • Reason: School and Fox Club will close at 12.30pm today due to the further forecast of heavy snow.
  • Notes: We hope that school will reopen tomorrow as normal however we will update parents as soon as we can. The year 5 Assembly will not go ahead on Friday
• Hazelbeck Special School
  • Reason: Due to severe weather forecast for the rest of the day, Hazelbeck School is closed to ensure the safety of our staff and students. We will review the situation for tomorrow.
• High Park School
  • Reason: Due to the forecast of heavy snow during the day, the school will be closed to maintain the safety of pupils and staff
• Hollingwood Primary School
  • Reason: Hollingwood Primary School is closed today for the safety of pupils and staff due to poor weather conditions and the forecast for it worsen later today.
  • Notes: Children can access online learning during the day. We will review the situation tomorrow and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
• Horton Grange Primary School
  • Reason: School will be closed today due to adverse weather conditions. Online learning will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
• Immanuel College
  • Reason: Having carefully considered the imminent amber warning for snow, we have taken the difficult decision to close school for the day as we feel this is in the best interests of both students and staff. We will send details of remote learning out in due course.
• Killinghall Primary School
  • Reason: Due to the severe weather forecast for the rest of today we are closed to ensure the safety of students and staff. Remote learning will be be available for all children. We will review the situation for tomorrow.
• Laycock Primary School
  • Reason: Due to the Met Office forecast for heavy snow from 9am and throughout the day, combined with the location of our school, I have taken the difficult decision to close school today. This is to ensure the safety of pupils, parents and staff, rather than risk trying to collect children during a heavy snow fall.
  • Notes: Whilst I cannot guarantee the snowfall as predicted, the location of our school and access roads means that as part of my duty of care, I have to take note of the forecast. This decision has not been taken lightly, and I apologise for the inconvenience caused. We will review the situation for tomorrow, as it may be neccessary to extend the closure into Friday.
• Ley Top Primary School
  • Reason: School will close at 1pm today due to the AMBER weather warning
• Lilycroft Primary School 
  • Reason: School will close at 1.30pm today due to the predicted snow fal..
• Oastlers School
  • Reason: School closed due to severe weather warning to ensure the safety of our staff and learners. We will review the situation for tomorrow.
• Park Aspire
  • Reason: Both school sites will be closed today due to the severe weather forecast for the day. The situation will be reviewed for tomorrow.
• Peel Park Primary School and Nursery 
  • Reason: School will close at 1pm today due to the weather conditions
• St Anthony's Catholic Primary School (Clayton)
  • Reason: Met Office FORECAST of heavy snow throughout the day in Clayton. To ensure the safety of pupils, parents and staff school will remain closed today.
• St William's Catholic Primary School
  • Reason: Due to the Amber weather warning for heavy snow, school will close early today.
  • Notes: Parents are asked to collect children from 1pm this afternoon. Please check the school Dojo message for further updates.
• Stanbury Village School
  • Reason: Met office Yellow warning of snow, Heavy snow forecast from 9am, and Amber warning of heavy snow in the afternoon
  • Notes: The closure may extend into Friday 10th March
• Stocks Lane Primary School 
  • Reason: Due to the snow and prediction of heavier snow fall this afternoon, we have made the decision to close the school from 12.30pm today following an earlier lunch for the children. This is for the health and safety of the children and staff. Please collect from the main office from 12.30pm onwards or earlier if you need to. We will notify you regarding tomorrow as soon as we can assess the situation following the forecast. Thank you for your understanding.
• Swain House Primary School
  • Reason: Due to adverse weather conditions, and the amber weather warning for snow in place this afternoon, school will close at 1pm.
• Titus Salt School
  • Reason: Due to the Met Office weather forecast for 95% heavy snow from mid-morning the decision has been made to close the school. Classwork is posted on Microsoft Teams - there is no expectation to complete work in real-time; there will be no sanction for non-completion of work.
  • Notes: The forecast for heavy snow from 11.00am onwards for the rest of the day is concerning as the potential hazards it may cause traveling home from school. As we all know, it is a struggle for the council to clear all main routes and side roads do not get cleared. In addition, many families get anxious about children traveling home from school especially if the heavy snow does arrive mid-morning and emergency travel and/or collection is needed. This could be made worse by more traffic than usual being on roads creating more congestion, plus buses and other school transport may either not be available or struggle through the traffic and weather creating potentially more problems. Even though I cannot guarantee if the heavy snow forecast will arrive, I have to go by the Met Office weather forecast and consider health & safety of children and members of staff. I appreciate this may cause inconvenience for which I apologise
• Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School
  • Reason: After carefully considering all of the forecast information for later on in the day, we have made the difficult decision to close our school from 1pm today so everyone can travel away from school safely before the amber weather alert kicks in at 3pm. Trinity Plus After School Club will not be operating after school today. We will communicate our plans for tomorrow as early as possible tomorrow morning.
• Westbourne Primary School 
  • Reason: School will close at 1.15 due to the predicted snow fall.
• Worth Valley Primary School 
  • Reason: Due to the Amber weather warning of heavy snow issued from 3pm, school will close at 1pm today to allow everyone to travel home safely.

Partial Closures (30)

• Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery
  • Reason: School will be closing at 1.15pm today We will have some staff on site until 3.15pm to look after children who can't be collected.
  • Notes: We will update families later on this evening about tomorrow.
• Beckfoot Nessfield
  • Reason: Due to the heavy snow forecast, school will be closed from 1pm today.
• Beckfoot Phoenix
  • Reason: School will close at 1pm to allow students and staff to get home safely due to predicted snow
• Clayton St John CofE Primary School
  • Reason: For the safety of pupils and staff and after careful consideration, due to the severe weather forecast of snow for the rest of the day school will close at 12.00pm today. Please collect your children from their classroom door. They will have had their school lunch. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
• Clayton Village Primary School
  • Reason: Due to the severe weather forecast for the rest of the day, we have made the decision to close our school at 12.30pm today to ensure the safety of our staff and students. We will review the situation for tomorrow.
• Crossley Hall Primary School
  • Reason: Forecast heavy snowfall.
  • Notes: Due to heavy snow fall later in the day we will be closing at 1.00pm today, this is to allow all children and staff to get home safely. We will assess the situation throughout the day and keep you updated. Please be aware the closing time may be earlier.
• Fagley Primary School
  • Reason: Due to adverse weather conditions school will close at 1pm today.
• Fearnville Primary School
  • Reason: Due to severe weather conditions
  • Notes: After carefully considering all of the forecast information for later in the day, we have made the difficult decision to close our school from 1pm today. This will enable everyone to travel home safely before the amber weather alert. We will communicate our plans for tomorrow as early as possible tomorrow morning.
• Girlington Primary School
  • Reason: Due to the severe weather forecast of snow school will close at 12.30pm today. Please collect your children from their classroom door. They will have had their school lunch. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
• Grove House Primary School
  • Reason: School will close today at 1.00pm due to the met office amber warning of heavy snow.
• Home Farm Primary School
  • Reason: Adverse weather and further forecast of snow
  • Notes: School will close today at 1pm due to ongoing snow fall and further forecast of snow. If you are concerned you can collect from the office now. If you are collecting later - from 12.30 onwards please collect from the door they used this morning: Nursery / Reception / Year 1 - own doors Year 2 - Main entrance Year 3 - Community Year 4/5/6 - Sports Hall Please bear with us when we are dismissing the children, as this may take some time and we need to do this safely. I will let you know as soon as possible in the morning about our plans.
• Hoyle Court Primary School
  • Reason: We will be closing from 1pm this afternoon due to the Amber weather warning and the continuing snowfall. Thank you.
• Ingrow Primary School
  • Reason: After careful consideration and monitoring the snow situation and other local school closures. we will close from 1.30pm to enable children, parents and staff to get home before the wether deteriorates further.
• Keelham Primary School
  • Reason: School will be open this morning, and so will Keelham AM crew at 7.30 am. If the weather is challenging this morning, you can drop your children into school between 9 and 10 am. However, with an AMBER weather alert set for 3pm in the area, I have made the decision to CLOSE SCHOOL TODAY at 1pm. Keelham Crew PM session is cancelled. This decision has been made to ensure pupils, families and staff can get home safely this afternoon with the predicted poor weather setting in through the afternoon.
  • Notes: Weather at Keelham is unpredictable, and if this messaging was to change we will communicate it through Dojo and email. I will update families on Friday’s procedures later in the day.
• Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School & Nursery
  • Reason: Due to the worsening weather, we have made the decision to close from 12pm onwards. All children will have had lunch so please collect as soon as possible. Thank you I’m advance for your support.
• Lidget Green Primary School
  • Reason: School will close today at 1.00pm due to the met office amber warning of heavy snow.
• Newhall Park Primary School
  • Reason: Due to the worsening weather conditions and the amber weather warning, we have taken the difficult decision to close school earlier this afternoon. Children will be ready to be collected from 1.00 pm. All children to be collected by 2.00 pm. If you are concerned and would like to collect your child earlier, arrangements can be made to do this. After School Care Club is closed today.
  • Notes: We will continue to monitor the weather forecast and aim to inform parents as soon as possible regarding tomorrow (Friday).
• Oxenhope CofE Primary School
  • Reason: Closing from 12 noon due to current & forecasted weather.
  • Notes: Parents can come as soon as they wish to collect their child(ren).
• Russell Hall Primary School
  • Reason: School will close at 12:30pm today due to the forecast of heavy snow.
  • Notes: Children will be having an early lunch from 11:30am. Please collect your child from the place you usually would at 12:30pm. If you need to collect you child before this time, please go to the main school office. We hope to re-open fully tomorrow but we will update in the morning should this change. Please keep an eye on Dojo messages for updates.
• Silsden Primary School
  • Reason: Weather warning is forecast for pick up time. School will be closing at 1:30pm to avoid this. There will be no after school clubs or Sprouts today or tomorrow morning. We are planning to re-open from 8:45am on 10/3/23.
• St Cuthbert & The First Martyrs' Catholic Primary
  • Reason: School will be OPEN this morning but will close today at 2pm. This is due to an Amber Weather Warning of heavy snow this afternoon.
  • Notes: Please collect your child between 1pm and 2pm. Parents Evening is postponed - we will send out a new date today.
• St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School
  • Reason: Closure from 1pm due to heavy snowfall
• St John's CofE Primary School
  • Reason: After carefully considering the weather forecast information for later today, we have made the decision to close school from 12:30 today. This will enable everyone to travel home safely before the amber weather alert for significant snow at 3pm.
  • Notes: Please collect children from the door they are usually released from at the end of the day. All children will have had their lunch before leaving at 12:30 due to the kitchen staff working hard to bring the service time forward.
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Bingley)
  • Reason: Due to severe forcasted snowfall throughout the day, the school will close at 1pm today. Please note, the Parents' Evening meetings planned for this evening will be postponed. We will advise of the rearranged date as soon as possible. Thank you for your understandng and patience.
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Bradford)
  • Reason: School is open this morning but will close today at 2pm. This is due to the Amber weather warning of heavy snow this afternoon.
  • Notes: Please collect your children between 1pm and 2pm. Parents evening is also postponed until next Thursday at the same times. All After School Clubs are also cancelled.
• St Luke's CofE Primary School
  • Reason: Due to the Amber weather warning issued for 3pm school will close at 1.00pm today to allow everyone to travel home safely. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. We will review the situation for tomorrow.
• St Matthew's Catholic Primary School
  • Reason: Due to the snow continuing to fall and now beginning to effect the roads around school and with AMBER weather alert set for 3pm in the area, I have made the decision to CLOSE SCHOOL TODAY at 1:30pm. Children can be collected from 1:00pm.
• St Philip's CofE Primary School
  • Reason: St Philip's Academy will close at 12 noon due to the Amber weather warning. We apologise for any inconvenience but want to ensure the safety of all staff and pupils on their journey home.
  • Notes: Breakfast Club as normal. Parents to collect children from the classroom doors at 12.
• Victoria Primary School
  • Reason: After carefully considering all of the forecast information for later in the day, we have made the difficult decision to close our school from 1pm today. This will enable everyone to travel home safely before the amber weather alert for significant snow kicks in at 3pm. We will communicate our plans for tomorrow as early as possible tomorrow morning.
  • Notes: The Year 3/4 trip has been cancelled due to closure of the venue and will be rearranged at a later date.
• Westminster Church of England Primary Academy

Reason: Due to weather conditions and more snow forecast, school will close to all pupils at 1.30pm today. We will review the situation for tomorrow and update parents and staff via text message.