A number of schools in Northern Ireland will be closed on Monday 5 January 2026 as a result of the weekend weather.<\/p>\n
A yellow weather warning for snow and ice remains in effect for Northern Ireland until midday on Monday.<\/p>\n
A full list of the affected schools are detailed below.<\/p>\n
Further closures will be added as and when BBC News NI is notified.<\/p>\n
Belfast Schools:<\/p>\n
Carr’s Glen Primary School, 629-633 Oldpark Road, BT14 6QX<\/p>\n
Ligoniel Primary School and Nursery Unit, Ligoniel Road, BT14 8BW<\/p>\n
Donegall Road Primary School, Maldon Street, BT12 6HE<\/p>\n
Fane Street Primary School, Fane Street, BT9 7BW<\/p>\n
Wheatfield Primary School, Alliance Road, BT14 7JE<\/p>\n
Western Schools:<\/p>\n
Ebrington Primary School, 67b Limavady Road, BT47 6LR<\/p>\n
Belleek No 2 Primary School, Corry , BT93 3FU<\/p>\n
Ballougry Primary School, 30 Mullenan Road, BT48 9XN<\/p>\n
Drumahoe Primary School, 31 Drumahoe Road, BT47 3SD<\/p>\n
Newbuildings Primary School, 83 Victoria Road, BT47 2RL<\/p>\n
Drumachose Primary School, Alexander Road, BT49 0BS<\/p>\n
Artigarvan Primary School, 31 Berryhill Road, BT82 0HN<\/p>\n
Greenhaw Primary School, Carnhill Estate, BT48 8BA<\/p>\n
Ashlea Primary School, 163 Stevenson Park, BT47 3QT<\/p>\n
Cumber Claudy Primary School, 20 Cregg Road, BT47 4HX<\/p>\n
Limavady Central Primary School, Scroggy Road, BT49 0NB<\/p>\n
Bready Jubilee Primary School, 12 Cloughbuoy Road, BT82 0DN<\/p>\n
Drumrane Primary School, 286 Drumrane Road, BT47 4NL<\/p>\n
Glendermott Primary School, 50 Ardmore Road, BT47 3QZ<\/p>\n
St Canice’s Primary School, Feeny, 34 Glenedra Road, BT47 4TW<\/p>\n
St Mary’s Primary School Claudy, 70 Monadore Road, BT47 4DP<\/p>\n
St Columba’s Primary School, 86 Bells Park Road, BT82 9QY<\/p>\n
St Colmcille’s Primary School Claudy, 23 Main Street, BT47 4AA<\/p>\n
Steelstown Primary School, Steelstown Road, BT48 8EX<\/p>\n
St Mary’s Primary School Cloughcor, 20 Cloughcor Road, BT82 0BE<\/p>\n
St Oliver Plunkett Primary School Strathfoyle, Parkmore Drive, BT47 6XA<\/p>\n
Sacred Heart Primary School, 10 Trench Road, BT47 3UB<\/p>\n
Good Shepherd Primary School, 42 Dungiven Road, BT47 6BW<\/p>\n
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School Greencastle, 279 Crockanboy Road, BT79 7QP<\/p>\n
St Theresa’s Primary School Glebe, 33 Garvan Road, BT82 9NZ<\/p>\n
St Th\u00e9r\u00e8se’s Primary School Lenamore, Heather Road, BT48 8NX<\/p>\n
Longtower Primary School, Bishop Street, BT48 6QQ<\/p>\n
St Eugene’s Primary School, Francis Street, BT48 7DS<\/p>\n
St Michael’s PS Dunnamanagh, 49 Lisnaragh Road, BT82 0QN<\/p>\n
Gaelscoil na Daroige, Corr\u00e1n U\u00ed Nuall\u00e1in, BT48 0PD<\/p>\n
Gaelscoil Leim an Mhadaidh, 57 Church Street, BT49 0BX<\/p>\n
Sion Mills Integrated Primary School, The Park, BT82 9HP<\/p>\n
Limavady High School, Irish Green Street, BT49 9AN<\/p>\n
St Mary’s Limavady, Irish Green Street, BT49 9AN<\/p>\n
St Mary’s College Irvinestown, Lisnarick Road, BT94 1EL<\/p>\n
St Patrick’s and St Brigid’s College, Claudy, 55 Main Street, BT47 4HR<\/p>\n
St Joseph’s Boys’ School, Westway, BT48 9NX<\/p>\n
St Cecilia’s College, Bligh’s Lane, BT48 9PJ<\/p>\n
Rossmar School, 2 Ballyquin Road, BT49 9ET<\/p>\n
Lumen Christi College, Bishop Street, BT48 2UJ<\/p>\n
North Eastern Schools:<\/p>\n
Tildarg Primary School, 6 Tildarg Road, BT39 9JU<\/p>\n
Carrickfergus Model Primary School, 4 Belfast Road, BT38 8BU<\/p>\n
Duneane Primary School, 166 Church Road, BT41 3RD<\/p>\n
Carrowreagh Primary School, 110b Finvoy Road, BT53 7JL<\/p>\n
Parkgate Primary School, 79 Grange Road, BT39 0DH<\/p>\n
Woodburn Primary School, 114 Woodburn Road, BT38 9AB<\/p>\n
Buick Memorial Primary School, 62 Main Street, BT42 1BW<\/p>\n
Loanends Primary School, 193 Sevenmile Straight, BT29 4YR<\/p>\n
Doagh Primary School, 20 Main Street, BT39 0QL<\/p>\n
Thompson Primary School, 42 Mossley Road, BT39 9RX<\/p>\n
Kirkinriola Primary School, 5 Clogher Road, BT43 6TB<\/p>\n
Harryville Primary School, Casement Street, BT42 4BY<\/p>\n
Lislagan Primary School, 50 Lislagan Road, BT53 7JF<\/p>\n
Gracehill Primary School, 19 Church Road, BT42 2NL<\/p>\n
Eden Primary School Ballymoney, Vow Road, BT53 7PB<\/p>\n
Ballynure Primary School, 2 Lismenary Road, BT39 9UF<\/p>\n
Straidbilly Primary School, 85 Carnbore Road, BT53 8EE<\/p>\n
Ballycarry Primary School, 23 Hillhead Road, BT38 9HE<\/p>\n
Greenisland Primary School, Upper Station Road, BT38 8RA<\/p>\n
Groggan Primary School, 179 Portglenone Road, BT41 3EU<\/p>\n
Carnaghts Primary School, 48 Valley Road, BT42 2LX<\/p>\n
The Diamond Primary School, 107 Dreen Road, BT42 1EE<\/p>\n
Kilbride Central Primary School, 56 Moyra Road, BT39 0SQ<\/p>\n
Antrim Primary School, 31 Station Road, BT41 4AB<\/p>\n
Sunnylands Primary School, Sunnylands Avenue, BT38 8JJ<\/p>\n
Abbots Cross Primary School, Doagh Road, BT37 9QW<\/p>\n
Moyle Primary School, 18 Sallagh Park, BT40 1NS<\/p>\n
Ballymena Primary School, 101 Ballymoney Road, BT43 5BX<\/p>\n
Fourtowns Primary School, 59 Cullybackey Road, BT42 1LA<\/p>\n
Knockahollet Primary School, 79 Knockahollet Road, BT44 9BA<\/p>\n
Magherafelt Primary School, 32 Castledawson Road, BT45 6PA<\/p>\n
Kilrea Primary School, 5 Lisnagarot Road, BT51 5SE<\/p>\n
Bellaghy Primary School, 79 William Street, BT45 8HZ<\/p>\n
Carnmoney Primary School, Carnmoney Road, BT36 6JS<\/p>\n
Ballykeel Primary School, 22 Crebilly Road, BT42 4DN<\/p>\n
Camphill Primary School, 65 Carolhill Park, BT42 2DG<\/p>\n
Mossgrove Primary School, Swanston Road, BT36 8DN<\/p>\n
Victoria Primary School Carrickfergus, Coronation Road, BT38 7EZ<\/p>\n
Ballycraigy Primary School, Bracken Avenue, BT41 1PU<\/p>\n
Silverstream Primary School, Moyard Gardens, BT38 8XD<\/p>\n
Templepatrick Primary School, 5 Lylehill Road, BT39 0AQ<\/p>\n
Greystone Primary School, Greystone Road, BT41 1JW<\/p>\n
Hollybank Primary School, Devenish Drive, BT37 0HF<\/p>\n
Armoy Primary School, 2 Gracehill Road, BT53 8TD<\/p>\n
Parkhall Primary School, Seacash Walk, BT41 1AZ<\/p>\n
Dunclug Primary School, Doury Road, BT43 6SU<\/p>\n
Rasharkin Primary school, Bamford Park, BT44 8RX<\/p>\n
Carniny Primary School, 61 Old Cullybackey Road, BT43 5JR<\/p>\n
Ballyhenry Primary School, Ballyhenry Avenue, BT36 8AZ<\/p>\n
Woodlawn Primary School, Woodburn Avenue, BT38 8EZ<\/p>\n
Cairncastle Primary School, Carincastle Road, BT40 2RB<\/p>\n
Knockloughrim Primary School, 337 Hillhead Road, BT45 8QT<\/p>\n
Hazelbank Primary School, 20 Hazelbank Road, BT42 4LP<\/p>\n
St Mary’s Primary School Portglenone, 16 Ballymena Road, BT44 8BL<\/p>\n
St Olcan’s Primary School, 202 Glenshesk Road, BT53 8RJ<\/p>\n
St Anthony’s Primary School Larne, 43 Fairway, BT40 2BG<\/p>\n
St Brigid’s PS – Bunscoil Naomh Br\u00edd, 130 Tirkane Road, BT46 5NH<\/p>\n
St Columba’s Primary School Garvagh, 79 Boleran Road, BT51 5EQ<\/p>\n
Crossroads Primary School, 157 Drumagarner Road, BT51 5TW<\/p>\n
St Mary’s Primary School Draperstown, 24 Magherafelt Road, BT45 7AF<\/p>\n
St John’s Primary School Carnlough, 49 Bay Road, BT44 0HJ<\/p>\n
St Patrick’s Primary School Rasharkin, 8 Gortahar Road, BT44 8SB<\/p>\n
St Brigid’s Primary School Ballymoney, Castle Street, BT53 6JX<\/p>\n
St James’s Primary School and Nursery Unit, 17 King’s Walk Newtownabbey, BT37 0AS<\/p>\n
St Patrick’s and St Brigid’s Primary School, 19 Moyle Road, BT54 6AN<\/p>\n
St MacNissi’s Primary School, 23-25 Agnew Street, BT40 1RF<\/p>\n
Carnlough Controlled Integrated Primary School, 9 Harbour Road, BT40 0EU<\/p>\n
Glengormley Integrated Primary School, 166 Church Road,, BT36 6HJ<\/p>\n
Central Integrated Primary School, Thomas St, Carrickfergus, BT38 8AL<\/p>\n
Crumlin Controlled Integrated Primary School, 27 Mill Road, BT29 4XL<\/p>\n
Ballymoney Model Controlled Integrated PS, North Road, BT53 6BW<\/p>\n
Braidside Integrated Primary School, Fry’s Road, BT43 7EN<\/p>\n
Corran Integrated Primary School, Blackcave North, BT40 1TP<\/p>\n
Acorn Integrated Primary School, 110 Victoria Road, BT38 7JL<\/p>\n
Maine Integrated Primary School, 93 Portglenone Road, BT41 3EH<\/p>\n
Magherafelt High School, 30 Moneymore Road, BT45 6AF<\/p>\n
Larne High School, 20 Sallagh Park, BT40 1NT<\/p>\n
Ballyclare Secondary School, Doagh Road, BT39 9BG<\/p>\n
Cullybackey College, 44 Pottinger Street, BT42 1BP<\/p>\n
Dunclug College, Doury Road, BT43 6SU<\/p>\n
Our Lady of Lourdes, Castle Street, Ballymoney, BT53 6JX<\/p>\n
St Patrick’s College, Ballymena, Broughshane Road, BT43 7DZ<\/p>\n
St Killian’s College, Garron Tower, BT44 0JS<\/p>\n
St Conor’s College, 230 Mayogall Road, Portglenone , BT44 8NN<\/p>\n
Integrated College Glengormley, 134 Ballyclare Road, BT36 5HP<\/p>\n
North Coast Integrated School, 21 Cloyfin Road, BT52 2NU<\/p>\n
Sperrin Integrated College, 39 Pound Road, BT45 6NR<\/p>\n
Hillcroft Special School, Manse Way, BT36 5UW<\/p>\n
Roddensvale Special School, The Roddens, BT40 1PU<\/p>\n
Thornfield House Special School, 2-12 Jordanstown Road, BT37 0QF<\/p>\n
Kilronan Special School, 46 Ballyronan Road, Magherafelt, BT45 6EN<\/p>\n
Riverside Special School, Fennel Road, BT41 4PB<\/p>\n
Castle Tower School, 50 Larne Road Link, BT42 3AG<\/p>\n
Ballyclare High School, 31 Rashee Road, BT39 9HJ<\/p>\n
Ballymena Academy, 89 Glagorm Road, BT42 1AJ<\/p>\n
Larne Grammar School, 4-6 Lower Cairncastle Road, BT40 1PQ<\/p>\n
Dominican College Portstewart, 2 Strand Road, BT55 7PF<\/p>\n
St Mary’s Grammar School, 3 Castledawson Road, BT45 6BE<\/p>\n
Southern Schools:<\/p>\n
Donaghey Primary School, 28 Killygarvin Road, BT71 4DA<\/p>\n
St Teresa’s Primary School Lurgan, 36 Tarry Lane, BT67 9LQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A number of schools in Northern Ireland will be closed on Monday 5 January 2026 as a result…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[205181,1144,16434,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-674855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-limavady-high-school","9":"tag-northern-ireland","10":"tag-primary-school","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115841091731747808","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674855","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=674855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}