EMERGENCY PROCEDURE FOR SCHOOL CLOSURE

For your information, the procedure for school closure is as follows:

The Headteacher will inform the local radio, frequencies below. (Please do not ring the radio stations.)

BBC Radio Oxford VHF/FM 95.2 / Heart VHF/FM 102.6/97.4/102.9/103.4

Jack FM – VHF/FM 106.8 / FM 107.9 – VHF/FM 107.9

Before 8 a.m., wherever possible, an email will be sent to all parents for whom we have email addresses and a notice will be posted on the ‘News and Information’ page of the school website:

www.sibford-gower.oxon.sch.uk

Those parents who do not have access to the internet should check with the appropriate snow line contact; please refer to the version issued via Parentmail.

If there should be a heavy snowfall during the day, we can arrange for the school bus to come early. As priority, we will ring the parents of those children who travel on the school bus and only put on the bus those children whose parents we have spoken to.

We will also notify all parents via Parentmail and the school website, and ring those parents we know do not have access to the internet, asking them to collect their children as soon as possible.

The Headteacher will then wait in school until all children had been collected.

Please note that in line with Oxfordshire County Council and WMAT policy, if school is able to open, then those children within Sibford Gower, Burdrop and Sibford Ferris will be deemed to be able to walk to school and are expected to attend.

It is essential that we have up-to-date contact details for all parents. Please could I ask you to update us immediately of any changes to landline numbers, mobile numbers or email addresses.

in the case of severe weather, please remember to stay tuned

for the latest information.