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School Closure Procedure Due to Severe Weather

1. Send a text out to parents

2. Put a notice of school closure on your school web site

3. Contact Wiltshire BBC radio initially; you may then wish to contact other radio stations as preferred.

To contact Wiltshire BBC radio 

• Email:  wiltshire@bbc.co.uk  the night before if possible

• Or on the day Tel: 01793 513651 or 01793 513652

When you call or email please give

• your name and role

• the exact title of the school

• your schools DfE number

• a contact number for you between 6am and 9am on the day of the closure

• any extra details.

Additional radio station contact details:

Heart FM radio station (from 5 November 2018):

• visit https://tinyurl.com/WiltsSchools
• login using the password emailed to all schools (contact marcus.langreiter@heart.co.uk for a reminder).

PLEASE NOTE:  The LA does NOT hold a list of school closures; parents and carers are directed to contact  their childs school via the SBC website at: https://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20032/schools_and_education/413/unscheduled_school_closures .

It is important that you update your website and social media as appropriate, as soon as any decision to close a school is made.

HSG050 Severe Weather Guidance for Schools