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00:00Hello, my name is Amber Allitt and I'm a journalist specialising in education.
00:05Whenever the weather gets wild or snowy across the UK, families are often left tossing up whether they can get their child to school safely.
00:13And sometimes, weather conditions get so hazardous that schools will temporarily close.
00:19To find out the status of your child's school when the weather gets rough, without breaking out the radio or clogging up the phone lines,
00:26the government has actually set up a special website.
00:29Here, you can enter your school's postcode and be directed to the relevant council webpage.
00:34Councils should have a list available of all the school closures in the area.
00:39You can find this official webpage at www.gov.uk
00:45slash check dash school dash closure.
00:50Probably the fastest way to find out, however, is to look up the school's website.
00:54Many schools will publish a notification on their sites or on their social media pages in the event of a closure,
01:00so it's always worth having a look there first.