Live weather updates here.<\/a><\/p>\nA number of others schools have also posted that they will close on Friday. More schools will very likely follow in the morning.<\/p>\n
Blaenau Gwent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Brynmawr Foundation is closed until January 10. No reason has been given for the closure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Bridgend<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Porthcawl Comprehensive will be closed on Friday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Cardiff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Carmarthenshire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ceredigion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Conwy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Denbighshire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- All Ysgol Plas Brondyffryn sites closed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Flintshire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Gwynedd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Isle of Anglesey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Merthyr Tydfil<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been currently announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Monmouthshire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Neath Port Talbot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Newport<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pembrokeshire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Powys<\/strong><\/p>\nThe following schools are closed due to adverse weather:<\/p>\n
\n- Abermule C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Arddleen C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Berriew C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Brecon High School<\/li>\n
- Brynhafren C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Brynllywarch Hall School<\/li>\n
- Caersws C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Clyro C. in W. School<\/li>\n
- Crickhowell C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Crickhowell High School<\/li>\n
- Forden C. in W. School<\/li>\n
- Guilsfield C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Gwernyfed High School<\/li>\n
- Knighton C. in W. School<\/li>\n
- Leighton C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Llanbister C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Llangattock C. in W. School<\/li>\n
- Llangynidr C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Llanidloes C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Llanidloes High School<\/li>\n
- Maesyrhandir C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Montgomery C. in W. School<\/li>\n
- Newtown High School – John Beddoes Campus<\/li>\n
- Newtown High School – Newtown Campus<\/li>\n
- Penygloddfa C.P. School<\/li>\n
- Presteigne C.P. School<\/li>\n
- PRU- North<\/li>\n
- Rhayader C. in W. School<\/li>\n
- Sennybridge C.P. School<\/li>\n
- St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School<\/li>\n
- St. Michael’s C. in W. School<\/li>\n
- Welshpool CinW Primary School<\/li>\n
- Welshpool High School<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Bro Caereinion – Primary Campus<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Bro Caereinion – Secondary Campus<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Bro Hyddgen, Machynlleth<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Calon Cymru – Builth Campus<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Calon Cymru – Llandrindod Campus<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Calon y Dderwen – Hafren Campus<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Calon y Dderwen – Ladywell Campus<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Calon y Dderwen – Treowen Campus<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Cefnllys<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Cwm Banwy<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Dafydd Llwyd<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Dyffryn Trannon<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Gymraeg Dyffryn y Glowyr<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Gymraeg y Trallwng<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Gynradd Carno<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Llanfyllin<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Meifod<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Penmaes<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Rhiw Bechan<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Robert Owen<\/li>\n
- Ysgol Trefonnen C. in W. Community Primary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Rhondda Cynon Taf<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Swansea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Torfaen<\/strong>Vale of Glamorgan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- No emergency closures have been announced for this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Wrexham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Darland high school, Rossett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One council area in Wales has announced the closure of over 50 schools on Friday 18:48, 08 Jan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,2266,4884,1142,16,15,1764,31933,16366],"class_list":{"0":"post-683407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-met-office","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-wales","15":"tag-wales-schools","16":"tag-wales-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115862451291083181","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683407","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=683407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683407\/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=683407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Some schools have already announced they are closing<\/p>\n