Shropshire school forced to close due to no water amid hot weather

A primary school in Shropshire was closed today.

St Peter’s CE Primary was closed due to no water.

It comes as temperatures reached 26C today in Shropshire, and are continuing to stay in the high 20s for the rest of the week.

It comes after Hednesford Valley High School, on Stanley Road, Hednesford, was ‘partially closed’ on Thursday and Friday (July 9 and 10) due to the heat, with students sent home at 12.30pm both days.

A spokesperson for the school said that students who are not collected will “remain in school as usual”, and staff will take appropriate measures to keep everyone “as comfortable as possible”.

The spokesperson said: “Due to the high temperatures currently being experienced in the classrooms at Cannock Chase High School – Hednesford Valley Sixth Form, we are offering parents and carers of our Sixth Form students the opportunity to collect their son or daughter from 12.30pm today.

“Students who are not collected will remain in school as normal, and we will continue to take appropriate measures to help keep everyone as comfortable as possible.”