Our school is shut from tomorrow

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Just had an email from DD large secondary school in northwest saying they will be shut from tomorrow until the Easter break - and to wait for further updates on whether they will open after Easter.

I'm presuming this is nationwide

Ah! Thanks! That’s helpful info x

I don't think so!

Heard nothing about our school in North Wales 🤷‍♀️ glad yours is closing

@tinytemper66 erm - what do you mean?

Nope, not nationwide if you're in England. There is no official instruction to close schools.

Clearly she means it's not nationwide.

Interesting. Is this on government advice? If not is it an academy school?

I don't think its all schools. Theres a large secondary near me which is closed from today due to teaching shortages but most still remain open.

Of course it’s not nationwide

You think out of the whole country, BoJo phoned your headteacher first to let them know?

Why are some of you so upset that I'm thinking it's nationwide??

I don't know - I was just hazarding a guess and posting on here to see if anyone else was having their school shut.

Apologies if that is very contentious, as it wasn't meant to be.

As far as I know, in my area of Leeds the schools are still open. I'm into week 2 of isolation and am still seeing the school run going past in the morning/afternoon

@GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat no I didn't think that

If it’s SH then I think it is just that particular school due to staff shortages.

Because that’s how rumours start. It’s causes panic and distress and it spreads like wildfire.

@RubaDubMum89 the school will be shut from tomorrow onwards

Christ why the continuous chippiness?!

How hard is a pleasant response?

We’ve not heard anything OP - although we’ve had a mail saying how communications will come out etc.

@Mistlewoeandwhine sorry - what's SH?

Our primary in London/Surrey is shutting from tomorrow as a quarter of staff of self-isolating. It is operating a skeleton childcare service though for frontline NHS staff or others that have to go into work, but they've made clear there ma not be hot food available and no schoolwork (other than that which is being set by the teachers to be done online)

We’ve had in update today that our school plans to remain open as long as possible.

Sorry to hear that OP. I imagine it’s staff shortages now that teachers need to stay home even with a slight cough.

The initials of the school?

@RubaDubMum89 Leeds here too, DD school definitely still open. A nearby primary school had a case and they closed for deep cleaning but only a few days. Another school has closed nursery but not heard of any others. I imagine teacher shortages will be the cause before the government close them all.

No, not here. School intends to stay open until Easter unless instructed otherwise by govt.

A local secondary has had to shut because they no longer have enough staff to run it. But we're east Midlands.

South here, schools are closing due to staff shortages, seems to be the way they are trying to close whilst there isn't any definite advice from the government