Schools have been closed across Wiltshire amid huge travel disruption by flooding brought on by Storm Bert.

Both secondary and primary schools and colleges in the county have been announced as closed.

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It comes as widespread road closures across Wiltshire, including A-roads, preventing staff and pupils from coming in.

The BBC reports the following schools as closed:

  • Queen’s Crescent School, Chippenham, is closed
  • Abbeyfields Secondary School, in Chippenham, is closed
  • Sheldon Secondary School, in Chippenham, is closed
  • Derry Hill School, in Calne, is closed
  • Holt VC Primary School, in Holt, is closed
  • Stanton St Quinton Primary School, in Stanton St Quintin, is closed
  • Langley Fitzurse Primary School, in Kington Langley, is closed
  • Ivy Lane Primary School, in Chippenham, is closed
  • Lacock Primary School, in Lacock, is closed
  • Churchfields the Village School, Monkton Farleigh, is closed
  • Fitzmaurice Primary School, in Bradford-on-Avon, is closed
  • Westwood with Iford School in Bradford-on-Avon is closed
  • Notton House Academy, Chippenham, is closed
  • Chippenham Campus of Wiltshire College & University Centre is closed. Trowbridge, Lackham and Salisbury campuses are all still open
  • Malmesbury Church of England Primary School, in Malmesbury, is currently closed until 13:00 GMT

You can check your school's website or social media for updates on closures. Live updates on traffic and flooding can be found here.

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