More schools announce emergency closures due to flooding

Numerous schools have confirmed they are closed fully or partially today (September 23) as flooding causes widespread disruption across the county

Frank Wise School and The Warriner School in Banbury are fully closed all day as well as Lord Williams’s School and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Thame.

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Barley Hill Primary School in Thame has also announced an emergency school closure due to flooding. 

Greyfriars Catholic School in Oxford and Cheney School in Headington is also closed all day today. 

A spokesperson for Cheney School said: “Unfortunately we have been forced to close the school for all year groups due to flooding.

“We will review the situation at 5pm today about whether the school will reopen tomorrow and inform parents and carers by email.”

Stockham Primary School in Wantage is partially closed, with just KS1 in school due to open and broken manholes in corridor from flooding. 

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Bladon Church of England Primary School near Woodstock is also planning to close from 2pm today due to flooding and Langford Village Community Primary School in Bicester is partially closed in the nursery due to staff sickness.

Shellingford Church of England School near Faringdon and St James Church of England Primary School in Hanney near Wantage are also closed today due to flooding. 

The Blake Church of England Primary School near Witney is partially closed, with years two and three unable to go in.

This comes as an amber weather warning has been issued by the Met Office until 9pm today. 

The weather forecaster warned that “heavy rain is expected to produce some flooding and travel disruption”.

Thames Travel and Oxford Bus Company have warned that there will diversions in place and delays of more than 30 minutes due to the “increasingly difficult driving conditions”.

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