School Closures Tracker
Live emergency school, college and nursery closures for Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth, plus a link for the Isle of Wight
Schools close for all sorts of emergencies — not just snow and ice. Heavy snow and ice are the best-known reason, but flooding, storm damage, heating or water failures, and extreme heat can all force a closure too, exactly as many local schools have done during the current heatwave. This page pulls together Hampshire County Council’s own live closures list, whatever the reason, plus the live closures data from Southampton and Portsmouth, since none of Hampshire, Southampton and the neighbouring cities share one system.
✓ No Hampshire school closures currently listed
Checked live from Hampshire County Council’s own emergency closures page
Southampton & Portsmouth
Southampton City Council and Portsmouth City Council are separate, unitary authorities — their schools aren’t on Hampshire County Council’s list above. Neither publishes a fixed table like Hampshire’s, just a single paragraph they update by hand when something happens — so rather than just linking out, this pulls that paragraph’s current content straight onto this page, live, from each council’s own site:
Southampton City Council
✓ No closures currently listed
City schools, not covered by the Hampshire list above · checked live from their own page
Source: Southampton City Council — checked 20:15 UTC
Portsmouth City Council
✓ No closures currently listed
Covers severe weather and extreme heat closures alike, per their own page · checked live from their own page
Source: Portsmouth City Council — checked 00:39 UTC
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight Council has no dedicated closures page we could find — Hampshire County Council’s own page links only to the IOW homepage, not a specific list, so there are no stable anchors to scrape here. Check the council site or your child’s school directly:
About this data
The Hampshire table above is read live from Hampshire County Council’s own published closures page, cached for 15 minutes to stay current without hammering their site. In the council’s own words: “Emergency closures are displayed on this page as we are notified — please visit the establishment website for the most up-to-date information.”
The decision to close is always made by each school’s own management, based on conditions on the day. If your child’s school isn’t showing here, check its own website, or any phone/text alert service it runs — that will always be more current than any council-wide list.
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