{"id":584196,"date":"2025-11-21T07:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/584196\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T07:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:03:17","slug":"the-schools-closed-in-wales-as-cold-snap-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/584196\/","title":{"rendered":"The schools closed in Wales as cold snap continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine are affected across two Welsh regions<\/p>\n<p>06:55, 21 Nov 2025Updated 06:56, 21 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CAR_4008112_210113.jpg\" alt=\"School closed sign \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Several schools in two parts of Wales have closed<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">Nine Welsh schools are closed today as adverse weather conditions continue to cause disruption. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/pembrokeshire\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Pembrokeshire<\/a> County Council has announced that seven will not open their doors, whilst <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/carmarthenshire\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Carmarthenshire<\/a> Council say two is affected in its county.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">It comes as the Met Office has a yellow <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/wales-weather\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">weather<\/a> warning in place for ice across Carmarthenshire, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/ceredigion\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Ceredigion<\/a>, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/conwy\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Conwy<\/a>, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/gwynedd\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwynedd<\/a>, Isle of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/anglesey\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Anglesey<\/a> and Pembrokeshire until 11am. The UK continues to experience wintry hazards today, as a cold northerly airstream brings snow showers and icy patches to parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">Its forecast reads: &#8220;Wintry showers will continue to feed inland through Thursday night before tending to ease away on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">&#8220;At low levels the showers will fall as rain, sleet or small hail, while above 300 m some will fall as snow with further small accumulations of one to three cm possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">&#8220;As temperatures will fall widely below freezing showers at lower levels will lead to icy patches developing in many locations.&#8221; Live updates on conditions <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/snow-live-updates-schools-close-32916165\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">The following schools are affected:<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Pembrokeshire<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\" publication=\"walesonline\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Portfield School &#8211; Haverfordwest<\/strong>Portfield School &#8211; Haverfordwest will be closed today (21\/11\/2025). Additional notes: Staff shortages due to weather conditions.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Puncheston Community Primary School<\/strong>Puncheston Community Primary School will be closed (21\/11\/2025 &#8211; 23\/11\/2025).<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Ysgol Clydau &#8211; Tegryn<\/strong>Ysgol Clydau &#8211; Tegryn will be closed today (21\/11\/2025).<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Ysgol Gymunedol Brynconin &#8211; Llandissilio<\/strong>Ysgol Gymunedol Brynconin &#8211; Llandissilio will be closed (20\/11\/2025 &#8211; 21\/11\/2025).<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Ysgol Gymunedol Maenclochog<\/strong>Ysgol Gymunedol Maenclochog will be closed (20\/11\/2025 &#8211; 21\/11\/2025).<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Ysgol Llanychllwydog &#8211; Gwaun Valley<\/strong>Ysgol Llanychllwydog &#8211; Gwaun Valley will be closed (21\/11\/2025 &#8211; 23\/11\/2025).<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Ysgol Bro Preseli<\/strong>Ysgol Bro Preseli will be closed today (21\/11\/2025).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Carmarthenshire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Maes y Morfa (Olive Street, Morfa, Llanelli, SA15 2AP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">Details: Health and safety site issues &#8211; Heating not working,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Pwll (School Road, Pwll, Llanelli, SA15 4AL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"walesonline\">Details: Health and safety site issues. The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/wales-schools\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">school<\/a> heating system is not working. There has been a further delay with the parts needed to fix the system, an engineer is now expected on site on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nine are affected across two Welsh regions 06:55, 21 Nov 2025Updated 06:56, 21 Nov 2025 Several schools in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,1146,2266,4884,1149,16,15,1764,31933,16366],"class_list":{"0":"post-584196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-carmarthenshire","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-pembrokeshire","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wales","16":"tag-wales-schools","17":"tag-wales-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115586416115244863","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}