North Shropshire primary school open as usual after water outage
By Megan Jones
Published 14th Jul 2026, 08:41 GMT
The school was forced to close on Monday
A north Shropshire primary school forced to close due to no water has reopened.
St Peter’s CE Primary in Wem reopened on Tuesday (July 14) after it was forced to close due to a lack of water.
The primary school was closed all day on Monday as Severn Trent worked to fix the issue.
On Tuesday morning a spokesperson for the school thanked parents for their patience, adding: “Severn Trent have fixed the water problem so we are open as usual today.”
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