Snow Arrangements

Adverse Weather & School Closure Procedure

In the event of bad weather, please note the following:

• The Local Authority will no longer make a decision to impose a blanket closure of all schools and academies.

Any decision to close the school will be made in consultation with the Headteachers of the other schools in the cluster.

• ParentMail parents will receive an email alert giving information (or be notified via Class Dojo).
• The school’s website will also provide up-to-date information.
• Soilhull MBC will endeavour to communicate information via its website www.solihull.gov.uk and local media outlets.

If you do not have access to the internet please listen out for information on local radio. Unless you are notified otherwise, you should always assume the school is open.

SCHOOL CLOSURE DURING THE WORKING DAY

If conditions deteriorate during a school day, the previously described notification process will be applied.

In the event of snow, you will be able to find more information from the sources outlined below. 

 Look on our own Website

www.olton.solihull.sch.uk

Also keep an eye on the

@OltonPrimary at twitter account  - https://twitter.com/OltonPrimary

and Parentmail.

Check Solihull MBC Website -  www.solihull.gov.uk

Or twitter or facebook
http://twitter.com/solihullcouncil
http://facebook.com/solihullcouncil

Tune in to local radio stations
who will broadcast information about which schools are closed:

HEART FM 100.7 FM – 6am onwards

BRMB 96.4 FM – 6am onwards
XTRA AM 1152 AM – 6am onwards
RADIO WM 95.6 FM – 6am onwards

Or Local TV
GMTV ITV – 5am onwards

Phone Solihull Connect
0121 704 6000
Open at 8.15am but a pre-recorded message will be posted prior to this if all schools are closed

                                                                                                                               7th January 2026

Planning for possible snow!- Friday 9^th January

Dear Parents and Carers,

Happy New Year to you all!  I hope that you managed to have a good break with your families.  It was lovely to welcome all of the children back into school yesterday with a surprise sprinkling of snow.  There are lots of strong suggestions from the Met Office and BBC Weather that on Thursday evening through to Friday morning that our area might be affected by Storm Goretti and this may bring some snow along with it.

In order to be as prepared as we possibly can be for heavy snow that might lead to us making the decision that the school site is either not safe to open, or that travel for both our families and staff is not safe, the following communication will be used to keep you up to date of any plans.

From 6am, our site team and staff who live locally will assess the conditions of the school site and associated roads.  By 7am, if there is a significant risk to opening the school site and ways to make this safer cannot be put into place, we shall use Class Dojo in the first instance to notify everyone.  As a parent myself, time is of the essence in organising any necessary childcare, so please do check Class Dojo.  If school is open as usual, we shall message to  re-assure everyone.

I am hoping that our forward planning and being super organised will mean we will not need to put the plan into action!  In the event of school closure, children across the school will be able to access TT Rockstars in KS2.  Class Teachers may put optional tasks on their class dojo for pupils to access if they wish.  Photographs of snowy adventures and sculptures made in the snow can also be sent in to Class Dojo too.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Chamberlain

Head Teacher