AS Basingstoke and the surrounding area is covered in a blanket of snow several schools have decided to close for the day. 

Yesterday the Met Office upgraded their snow warning from yellow to amber for parts of Hampshire and Dorset.

Basingstoke and the rest of the county is covered by a yellow warning.

Both warnings are in place from until late today (Friday).

We are keeping our list of closed schools regularly updated below but do get in touch if you know any that aren't there. 

Schools closed today are:

- Aldworth School

- Ashford Hill Primary School

- Ashwood Academy

- Basingstoke College of Technology

- Bishopswood Infant School

- Bishopswood Junior School

- Bramley Church of England Primary School

- Brighton Hill Community School

-  Burghclere Pre-School and Toddler Group

- Burghclere Primary School

- Castle Hill Infant School

- Castle Hill Primary School

- Chalk Ridge Primary School

- Chiltern Primary School

- The Clere School

- Cliddesden Primary School

- Coppice Spring School

- Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College 

- Dove House School

- Four Lanes Community Junior School

- Four Lanes Infant School

- Great Binfields Primary School

- Hatch Warren Infant School

- Hatch Warren Junior School

- Hurst Community College

- Kempshott Infant School

- Kempshott Junior School

- Kings Furlong Infant and Nursery

- Kings Furlong Junior School

- Kingsclere CE Primary School

- Little Apples of Bramley

- Little Lambs Pre-School

- Maple Ridge School

- Merton Junior School

- Noah’s Ark Pre-School

- North Waltham Primary School

- Oakley CE Junior School

- Oakley Infant School

- Oakridge Federation

- Old Basing Infant School

- Overton CE Primary School

- Overton Children’s House

- Park View Primary School

- Preston Candover CE Primary School

- Priory Primary School

- Rucstall Primary School

- Saxon Wood School

- Sherbourne St John CE Primary School

- St Anne’s CVA Primary School

- St Bede’s CVA Primary School

- St John’s CEVA Primary School

- St Mark’s CE Primary School

- St Martin’s East Woodhay CEVA Primary School

- St Paul’s Pre-school

- St Thomas’ CE Infant School

- Testbourne Community School

- The Barn Nursery

- The Vyne Community School

- Whitchurch CE Primary School

- Winklebury Infant School

- Winklebury Junior School

Partial closures:

- Everest Community Academy (Due to open at 9.30am)