More snow leads to school closures in Herefordshire

10:52am Wednesday 23rd January 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Paul Rogers

A NUMBER of schools are either closed or partially closed today after further heavy snow fell overnight.

The schools that are closed are:

Barrs Court School

Blackmarston School

Bredenbury Primary School

Bridstow CE Primary School

Colwall Primary School

Cradley CE Primary School

Fairfield High School

Garway Primary School

Gorsley Goffs Primary School

King's Caple Primary School

Lea CE Primary & Pre-School

Longtown Community Primary School

Michaelchurch Escley Primary School

Much Birch CE Primary School

Pencombe Primary School

Peterchurch Primary School

Queen Elizabeth High School, Bromyard

St Joseph's RC Primary School, Ross-on-Wye

St Mary's Primary School

Westfield School

Schools that opened late or have partial closures

Goodrich CE Primary School - opened at 10am

Hampton Dene Primary School - opened at 10am

Kingstone & Thruxton Primary School - opened at 10.30am

St Peter's Primary & St Peter's Nursery, Bromyard - opoened at 10am

Stoke Prior School - opened at 10am

Hereford Academy - opened at 9am for students taking exams, 10.30am for rest of students

The Priory Centre - opened at 10am

Whitecross School - open to Years 7, 10, 11 (short of staff)

Withington Primary School - open to Years 1-6, closed for Foundation class

For all school closures, check Herefordshire Council's website here 

Roads

The main roads in and around Hereford seem to have coped well with the overnight snow and traffic is flowly freely. However, do take care on any untreated roads and side roads.

For the latest on the roads, check our live travel page.

Bin Collections

Crews are collecting refuse and recycling today, but icy/snowy conditions are proving difficult in some areas of the county.

Have you heard any different?

If you're out and about today and come across any treacherous roads or if you're school closes, let us know.

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Comments(13)

Biomech says...
6:44pm Wed 23 Jan 13

There is actually no real reason why half of these schools should be closed.
Pathetic.

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trucking says...
7:18pm Wed 23 Jan 13

All main a roads are clear after all the hard work put in by the amey gritting crews, half these schools should be open.

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JTF says...
4:59pm Thu 24 Jan 13

And some of them are in very remote areas accessed by staff and pupils using miles of untreated roads which do not have as much as a grit bin on them, though residents pay council tax just like main road dwellers.

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Biomech says...
5:10pm Thu 24 Jan 13

It's a couple inches of snow, not a deluge. As long as people are sensible there is not problem driving in it.

These people would be the first to complain when the Dr's refuse to go to work in the snow and their child is "ill". Or Asda was closed because of the snow and they need milk or nappies.

Get a grip and get on with it.

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trucking says...
5:33pm Thu 24 Jan 13

Well said biomech. JTF if people live in remote locations that is there choice, not all roads can be gritted, prority has to be main roads, if all roads were gritted they would need loads more gritters and loads more people and your council tax much higher. if you check the council twitter page it tells you when roads have been treated and what roads, it is imposible to grit all roads, lanes and side steets.

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JTF says...
5:55pm Thu 24 Jan 13

It may be only a couple of inches where you live but I am in one of those remote areas where over the last week we have had more than a foot of snow. During the course of this week I have travelled to and from Edinburgh and with the assistance of snow chains another family member has got into work in Hereford for a 5am shift. Even the snow chains failed this morning though. We do not give up easily but the fact remains that these roads are treacherous and decisions to close schools in such areas are not taken lightly, nor are they pathetic. I'd like to see some of you city dwellers deal with conditions here because you clearly have no idea what they are like. My road has never been gritted but the council did at least fill up grit bins so that we could get ourselves out of trouble when necessary. These have now been taken away. We have to negotiate seriously potholed, untreated roads. Its a pity I cannot choose to reduce my council tax for the lack of amenities in the area in which I choose to live.

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Biomech says...
6:05pm Thu 24 Jan 13

I understand when people live in very difficult spots, I really do. I've driven back from London in worse than this and it took forever.

But the majority of people don't. And that's the problem. Most people can walk to schools - particularly around town.

All this is doing is adding to the pathetic, blame everyone else, nanny state that we now live in. When these kids are older and working, what do you think is going to happen when it snows a bit or is raining? They'll think it's fine to stay at home - but it doesn't work like that.

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Biomech says...
6:07pm Thu 24 Jan 13

And my other point remains, imagine if the police, the doctors, the supermarkets, the places people buy electricity credit from etc, imagine if they refused to open because of the snow. These people would be going nuts.

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JTF says...
6:18pm Thu 24 Jan 13

Look at the list of schools - most are in very rural areas and even if they are not, staff are not necessarily local . Conditions are beginning to improve now but I doubt either of you gentlemen would be able to reach my home this evening and I live quite close to one of the affected schools, which incidentally was open again today. The 5am start for which a 90 minute (instead of usual 30minute) journey was made was to a supermarket job. I maintain that like so many you criticise too quickly and without a proper appreciation of the facts.

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trucking says...
6:19pm Thu 24 Jan 13

There are miles and miles of roads, lanes and side streets around herefordshire and its impossible to grit them all. If you had a grit bin once then i personly think you should be intitled to another one, go to the thorn office and ask. The trouble with grit bins is once they are empty and road conditions are bad in remote areas they might not be able to get a van to it to fill it up, i have also seen people steel salt out of grit bins, which is not the councils fault (for a change). As a lorry driver i deal with al types of roads on a daily basis in different countys and our roads have been very good this year (APART FROM POT HOLES) people have to be very carefull and pacient.

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Biomech says...
6:34pm Thu 24 Jan 13

A friend of mine drove to Dorset after the first downfall. I continued to work around South Wales and in a couple of weeks will be driving to work in Scotland.

Like I said, Doctors made it in, supermarkets were staffed, fireman where at work.... When we had FEET of snow in the 80's, people still went to work. Now we have centimetres and people think it's the end of the world.

... I even saw a woman in a wheelchair braving the snow to do her shopping.

People just have no personal responsibility or substance about them anymore.

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Biomech says...
6:35pm Thu 24 Jan 13

..and, of course, all those people who couldn't get to work - they certainly managed to drive their kids around the countryside to sledge down hills ok.

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trucking says...
7:22pm Thu 24 Jan 13

I agree Biomech, emergency services still have to opperate but others find a reason not to. If these schools have to close what hapens to the parents going to work, they have to have time off and it has a knock on affect and every thing will start grinding to a halt. I bet some gritter drivers live in rural areas but they still make it in or the roads wont get gritted, which they were gritted very well. Who grits the roads for the gritters, no one, they are standard trucks with a gritter body on and the salt comes out the back not the front, so they are driving on untreated roads and still manage to get about.

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