HEAVY snowfall overnight has forced 16 schools in the Bradford district to delay their starts today, with one setting deciding to fully shut.

A yellow weather warning for snow and ice, announced by the Met Office over the weekend, is still in place and is set to end at 11am today.

Many parts of Bradford and its surrounding areas were hit with snow showers last night and these continued into the morning for some.

It has led to widespread disruption on the roads and transport networks, but some schools have also taken the decision to partially close today, to allow people more time to travel and get in safely.

This comes off the back of both St Anne's Catholic Primary School, in North Street, Keighley and St Cuthbert & The First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, in Scotchman Road, Heaton announcing yesterday that they would be opening to pupils at 10am.

St Anne's has since been removed from Bradford Council's school closure page.

Full list of schools that have either closed or have delayed starts:

Full closure: 

  • Stanbury Village School - Due to snow

Delayed starts:

  • Abbey Green Nursery School - 10.30am opening
  • Byron Primary School - 9.30am
  • Clayton St John CofE Primary School - 9.30am
  • Cullingworth Village Primary School - Open as normal at 8.40am but registers closing later at 9.45am to allow extra time to arrive safely
  • Denholme Primary School - 10.30am (no Breakfast Club)
  • Farfield Primary and Nursery School - 10am (gates open at 9.45am and Breakfast Club cancelled)
  • Feversham Primary Academy - 10am (gates open at 9.45am and Breakfast Club cancelled)
  • Lapage Primary School and Nursery - 9.30am
  • Meadow Bank Community School - 9.30am
  • Midland Road Nursery School - 10.30am
  • Newby Primary School - Gates open at the normal time but registers closing later at 9.45am to allow extra time to arrive safely
  • St Cuthbert & The First Martyrs' Catholic Primary - 10am
  • St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy - 10am
  • Thornton Primary School - 9.30am (Breakfast Club cancelled)
  • Victoria Primary School - 10.30am
  • Wilsden Primary School - 9.30am
  • Wycliffe CofE Primary School - Gates open as normal at 8.35am but registers closing later at 9.30am to allow extra time to arrive safely