We hope, of course, we shall not have to implement this procedure but it’s important you all know what to do:

"The Foundation schools usually remain open unless the weather is very bad. We have to leave it to the judgment of parents as to whether it is safe and sensible for their daughters to come to school. We do not expect anyone to try to undertake a journey in unreasonable conditions or where there might be a risk of the home journey later in the day proving to be unduly difficult or unsafe. On recent snowy days it was impossible to run a normal school timetable, so girls who were absent were not in fact missing lessons. Exceptionally, if a decision is made jointly by the Foundation schools that conditions are so bad that it is best to close, that message should be broadcast on local radio from around 7am. A message will be posted on the school website, school telephone answering machine and emailed/texted to parents.”

I stress I do not want you to struggle to get your daughter here at all costs when the weather is very bad or looks as if it’ll turn that way during the day, and it’s possible that we’ll have to close the school early anyway. What we can do on such days with limited staff cover and relatively few pupils is of very limited value educationally.

If there were to be a prolonged closure it is vital that girls work at home, especially the seniors. We can email work but they need to think ahead and take their books and materials home so they can do it!