School closures in and around Birmingham announced as heavy snow falls across the West Midlands

There is a severe weather alert for snow affecting Birmingham and the the West Midlands with schools announcing closures today (Friday, March 10)
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Heavy snow fall has led to some schools being closed in and around Birmingham.

There is a severe weather alert for snow affecting Birmingham and the West Midlands between until 2pm today (Friday 10th March 2023).

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Tomorrow Saturday will see similar low temperatures feeling freezing across Birmingham, but on Sunday temperatures are once again predicted to shoot up to around 11°C, according to the Met Office.

Birmingham City Council have asked parents to check directly with the school or nursery for up-to-date information. It is believed that 80 per cent of schools are shut. Here are the ones that have made public announcements.

  1. In Bartley Green, Bartley Green School, Woodgate Primary, and The Orchards are closed.
  2. In Northfield, Victoria College, Paganel Primary School and Bellfield Junior School are closed.
  3. Selly Oak Trust School is closed.
  4. Eden Girls’ Leadership Acacemy in Yardley
  5. St Marten de Porrest Catholic School in Moseley
  6. City of Birmingham School in Small Heath
  7. Titan Aston Academy
  8. Titan St Georges Academy
  9. Hodge Hill Girls School
  10. Hillcrest School & Sixth Form
  11. King Edward VI Five Ways school in Bartley Green
  12. Fairfax School in Sutton Coldfield
  13. Arena Academy in Perry Beeches
  14. Bordesley Green School
  15. King Edward VI Balaam Wood Adaemy in Friankey
  16. Ark Bouilton Academy in Handsworth Wood
  17. Kings Heath Boys School
  18. King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls in Harborne
  19. Swanshurst School in Billesley
  20. Selly Park Girls School
  21. Queenbridge School in Moseley
  22. Yardleys School in Tyseley
  23. Colmores School & Sixth Form College in Rednal
  24. Victory College in Northfield
  25. North Birmingham Academy in Erdington
  26. Rockwood Acadmey in Alum Rock
  27. Arena Academy in Perry Beeches
  28. City Academy in Ladywood
  29. Fortis Academy in Great Barr

In Solihull, Reynalds Cross School is closed today.

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Sandwell Council announced that several of the schools in the area will be shut due to the snow on March 10

Here are the schools that are closed:

  • Abbey Infant and Junior
  • Albert Pritchard and Wood Green Federated schools
  • Albright Education Centre All Saints C of E Primary School
  • Annie Lennard Primary School
  • Blackheath Primary School
  • Brandhall Primary School
  • Brickhouse Primary School
  • Bristnall Hall Academy
  • Burnt Tree Primary School
  • Cape Primary Causeway Green Primary
  • Christchurch Primary
  • Corngreaves and Timbertree
  • Crocketts Community Primary
  • Devonshire Infant and Junior Academies
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  • Elm Tree Primary Academy
  • Ferndale Primary School
  • Galton Valley Primary School
  • George Betts Primary Academy
  • George Salter Academy
  • Glebefields Primary
  • Grace Mary
  • Grove Vale Primary
  • Hall Green Primary School
  • Hamstead Infant School
  • Hamstead Junior School
  • Hanbury Primary School
  • Harvills Hawthorn Primary School
  • High Point Academy
  • Highfields Primary School
  • Holly Lodge
  • Holly Lodge High School
  • Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
  • Holyhead Primary Academy
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  • Holyhead Primary Academy
  • Joseph Turner Primary School
  • Jubilee Park Academy
  • King George V Primary School
  • Langley Primary
  • Lightwoods Primary Academy
  • Lodge Primary School
  • Mesty Croft Primary
  • Moat Farm Infant School and
  • Lavender Farm Moat Farm Junior School
  • Moorlands primary school
  • Newtown Primary School
  • Oakham Primary School
  • Ocker Hill Academy
  • OCKER HILL INFANT AND NURSERY SCHOOL
  • Old Park Primary School
  • Oldbury academy
  • Old Hill Primary School
  • Ormiston Forge Academy
  • OSCA Park Hill Primary
  • Pennyhill Primary School
  • Perryfields Academy
  • PERRYFIELDS PRIMARY SCHOOL
  • Q3 Academy Great Barr
  • Q3 Academy Langley
  • Reddal Hill Primary School
  • Rood End Primary School
  • Rounds Green Primary
  • Rowley Hall Primary School
  • RSA Academy
  • Ryders Green
  • Sandwell Academy
  • Shenstone Lodge and The Brades Lodge Schools
  • Shireland Biomedical UTC
  • Shireland Collegiate Academy
  • Shireland Hall Primary Academy
  • Shireland Technology Primary School
  • Silvertrees Academy
  • Springfield Primary School
  • St Gregory’s Catholic Primary
  • St James CE Primary School
  • St John’s C of E Primary Academy
  • St Margaret’s CE VA Primary School
  • St Martin’s CE Primary in Tipton
  • St Matthew’s Church of England Primary
  • St Matthew’s Church of England Primary
  • St Michael’s
  • St Paul’s Tipton
  • St. Francis Xavier Catholic Primary
  • St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School
  • Summerhill Primary Academy
  • Tameside Primary Academy
  • Temple Meadow Primary School
  • The Meadows School
  • The Meadows school
  • The Orchard School
  • The Phoenix Collegiate
  • The Primrose Centre
  • The Priory Primary School
  • The Westminster School
  • Tipton Green Junior School
  • Tividale Community Primary
  • Tividale Hall Primary School
  • Uplands Manor Primary School
  • Victoria Park Academy
  • Wednesbury Oak Academy
  • West Bromwich Collegiate Academy
  • Wodensborough Ormiston Academy
  • Whitecrest Primary school
  • Yew Tree Primary School

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