{"id":683371,"date":"2026-01-09T00:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/683371\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T00:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:39:15","slug":"full-list-of-birmingham-and-west-midlands-school-closures-as-snow-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/683371\/","title":{"rendered":"Full list of Birmingham and West Midlands school closures as snow arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A number of schools in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands have announced they will be closed tomorrow ahead of an overnight snow bomb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for &#8220;heavy snow&#8221; from 8pm tonight until tomorrow morning, January 9, with Storm Goretti set to batter the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Issuing the latest weather warning, the Met Office said: &#8220;Heavy snow, associated with Storm Goretti, is likely to lead to disruption and dangerous travelling conditions Thursday night into Friday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Several schools in the West Midlands have already announced they will be closed on Friday. Others say they will make a decision in the morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>READ MORE: <\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/schools-begin-close-ahead-snow-33188902\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Storm Goretti forces school closures across the Black Country - full list;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Storm Goretti forces school closures across the Black Country &#8211; full list<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aston University Engineering Academy &amp; Sixth Form will be shut due to the &#8220;severe weather warnings&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bilston Church of England Primary School in Wolverhampton has also confirmed it will not be opening to pupils tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The headteacher told parents that the school is shutting for the &#8220;interests of the safety of everyone&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A letter sent home to parents read: &#8220;Children will be issued with work for them to complete at home on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This week has brought a mixture of weathers, and I would like to thank the site staff for all their efforts this week in keeping the school site sage for children, parents\/carers and staff during this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wilkinson Primary School, also in Bilston, along with a number of other schools in Wolverhampton have announced they will not open on Friday due to the weather. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Queen Alexandra College in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/harborne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Harborne;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Harborne<\/a> said it has also made the decision to close tomorrow after &#8220;careful consideration&#8221;. It will remain open to residential students and &#8216;residential IP clients&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Invictus Education Trust says it will take a &#8220;pragmatic approach&#8221; and has delayed school opening times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The trust&#8217;s schools include Crestwood School, Pedmore High School, Ellowes Hall Sports College, Leasowes High School, Kinver High School, Rufford Primary School, and Wombourne High School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Schools will open at 10.30am instead to allow travel outside of rush hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The trust said it will monitor the situation &#8220;closely&#8221; and any decision regarding closures would be made no later than 7am and communicated by headteachers<\/p>\n<p>Full list of confirmed school closures in the West Midlands due to snow<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A full list of confirmed closures for Friday due to snowfall can be found below. <br \/>We will continue to update this list throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>King Edward VI Handsworth School, Birmingham <\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Aston University Engineering Academy &amp; Sixth Form, Aston, Birmingham<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Harry Queen Alexandra College, Harborne, Birmingham<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Fortis Academy and Sixth Form, Birmingham<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Wilkinson Primary School, Bilston, Wolverhampton <\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Bilston Church of England Primary School, Bilston<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Beacon Hill Academy, Sedgley<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Northwood Park Primary School, Wolverhampton<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Westcroft School, Wolverhampton<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Blowers Green Primary School, Dudley<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Kates Hill Primary School, Dudley<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Lodge Farm Primary School, Willenhall <\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A number of schools in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands have announced they will be closed tomorrow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,207011,16434,207010,28174,206630,2769,16,15,2463,7858,4349],"class_list":{"0":"post-683371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leasowes-high-school","13":"tag-primary-school","14":"tag-queen-alexandra-college","15":"tag-school-closures","16":"tag-storm-goretti","17":"tag-the-met-office","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-weather-warning","21":"tag-west-midlands","22":"tag-wolverhampton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115862357322374384","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683371","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=683371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}