City schools shut as wintry weather leaves hazardous roads and broken down boilers
TREACHEROUS conditions forced at least two thirds of schools across Stoke-on-Trent to shut.
More than 60 had to close yesterday after another night of snowfall.
A huge 63 per cent of schools across Staffordshire were also closed, amounting to approximately 253 of the 400 sites.
The hazardous conditions made the roads too dangerous for parents to drive and teachers struggled to get to work.
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The closures included:
Etruscan Primary School, in Etruria, had to shut due to the heating problems and dangerous side roads around the area;
Milton Primary School, in Milton, closed due to hazardous conditions;
Stoke Minster Primary School, in Stoke, had a boiler failure and was forced to close;
Sneyd Green Primary School could not meet the required staffing levels.
But some schools and colleges did manage to stay open.
Paul Mangnall, pictured, principal at Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, said: "Despite the weather conditions, the college was open as normal and classes and external A-Level exams are still taking place.
"Our students have been making every effort to come into college, and on Friday one student walked more than three miles so she could attend her law A2 module exam, while one member of staff walked from Trentham to ensure she was in on time.
"What we have done, though, depending on exam board rules, is to create a second contingency of students who are taking exams here at the college in addition to those at Fenton Manor, following calls to our students to ask them which venue is most accessible for them."
Parent Hayley Worsedale, a 26-year-old gardener from Alsager, took seven-year-old son Soul, to Alsager Highfields Primary School this morning.
She said: "The school never ever shuts, all the teachers live very close, the only time it has shut is when the boiler broke.
"I am amazed at the amount that have closed."
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