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Schools: Weather

Commons · Question 92834 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 28 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure school closures due to extreme weather do not affect educational outcomes.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 28 Nov 2025

It is for individual settings and responsible bodies to decide on closures based on their own risk assessment. Closures should be a last resort, and the priority is to keep settings open where safe. The department’s guidance for schools includes informati...