A number of schools have announced they will be closed today (Friday, February 1) due to the snowy weather.

It comes as a weather warning of ice and snow has been issued for parts of Dorset.

It has been in place since 1pm yesterday and will remain in place until 1pm today.

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Meanwhile an amber weather warning, meaning be prepared, is in place for parts of Dorset tonight.

Find out more about the warnings here.

As a result, Dorset County Council has taken the decision to cancel school transport to and from schools tomorrow, due to adverse weather conditions.

A number of schools have already announced they will be closed.

Here’s a list of the closed schools we know of:

  • All Saints CE School, Weymouth, Weymouth
  • All Saints CE VC Primary School, Bishops Caundle
  • Archbishop Wake C Of E Primary School, Blandford Forum
  • Beaminster School, Newton
  • Beaminster St Mary’s Academy, Beaminster
  • Beaucroft Foundation School, Colehill
  • Bere Regis Community School, Bere Regis
  • Bincombe Valley Primary School and Community Nursery, Littlemoor
  • Bovington Primary School, Holt Road
  • Broadmayne First School, Dorchester
  • Broadwindsor CE VC Primary School, Beaminster
  • Buckland Newton CE School, Dorchester
  • Budmouth College, Weymouth
  • Burton Bradstock CE VC Primary School, Bridport
  • Cerne Abbas CE VC First School, Dorchester#
  • Charmouth Primary School, Charmouth
  • Cheselbourne Village School, Dorchester
  • Corfe Castle CE Primary School, Wareham
  • Cranborne CE VA First School, Water Street
  • Cranborne Middle School, Wimborne
  • Damers First School, Dorchester
  • Dorchester Learning Centre, The Old Rectory,
  • Dorchester Middle School, Dorchester
  • Dorset Studio School, Kingston Maurward, Dorchester
  • Dunbury Church of England Academy Ks1 Base, Winterborne Kingston
  • Dunbruy Church of England Academy Ks2 Base, Winterborne Whitechurch
  • Ferndown Upper School, Ferndown
  • Frome Valley CE First School, Dorchester
  • Gillingham VC School, Hardings Lane
  • Greenford CE Primary School, Dorchester
  • Hazelbury Bryan Community Primary School, Sturminster Newton
  • Hillside Community First School, Verwood
  • Lulworth & Winfrith Ce Primary School, West Lulworth
  • Lulworth & Winfrith Ce Primary School, Winfrith
  • Lytchett Minster School, Post Green Road
  • Lytchett Matravers Primary School, Wareham Road
  • Manor Park CE VC First School, Dorchester
  • Marshwood CE VA Primary School, Bridport
  • Milborne St Andrew First School, Blandford
  • Milldown CE VC Priamry School, Blandford Forum
  • Milton-on-Stour CE VA Primary School, Gillingham
  • Mountjoy School, Beaminster
  • Motcombe Primary School, Shaftesbury
  • Pamphill VC CE First School, Wimborne
  • Parrett & Axe CE VA Primary School, Beaminster
  • Piddle Valley CE First School, Dorchester
  • Pimperne CE VC Primary School, Blandford Forum
  • Portesham CE VA Primary School, Weymouth
  • Powerstock CE VA Primary School, Bridport
  • Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne Minster
  • Salway Ash CE VA Primary School, Bridport
  • Shaftesbury CE VC Primary School, Wincombe Lane
  • Shaftesbury School, Salisbury Road
  • Sherborne Primary School, Harbour Way
  • Shillingstone CE VA Primary School, Blandford
  • St Andrew's CE VC Primary School, Yetminster, Yetminster
  • St Andrews CE VA Primary School, Weymouth
  • St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Bridport, Bridport
  • St George's CE Primary School, Langton Matravers, Swanage
  • St Georges CE VA Primary School, Bourton, Bourton
  • St Gregorys CE Primary School, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton
  • St James' CE VC First School, Gaunts Common, Wimborne
  • St John's CE VA Primary School, Weymouth, Weymouth
  • St John's CE VC First School, Wimborne, Wimborne
  • St Mark's Primary School, High Street, Swanage
  • St Mary The Virgin CE VA Primary School, Gillingham, Gillingham
  • St Mary's & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wool, Wareham
  • St Mary's CE First School, Charminster, NR Dorchester
  • St Mary’s CE Middle School, Puddletown
  • St Mary's CE VC Primary School, Bridport, Bridport
  • St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester, Dorchester
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton
  • St Michael's CE Primary School, Lyme Regis, Lyme Regis
  • St Nicholas & St Laurence CE VA Primary School, Weymouth
  • St Nicholas CE VA Primary School, Child Okeford
  • St Osmund’s CE Primary School, Sturminster Newton
  • Stalbridge CE Primary School, Sturminster Newton
  • Sticklands CE VA Primary School, Dorchester
  • Sturminster Newton High School, Bath Road
  • The Abbey CE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury
  • The Blandford School, Blandford Forum
  • The Compass Centre, 307A Chickerell Road, Weymouth
  • The Forum Centre, Blandford Forum
  • The Gryphon School, Sherborne
  • The Purbeck School, Wareham
  • The Sir John Colfox Academy, Bridport
  • The Swanage School, High Street, Swanage
  • The Wey Valley School, Weymouth
  • The Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis
  • Thorncombe, St Mary's CE VC Primary School, Chard
  • Thorners CE VA Primary School, Dorchester
  • Thornford CE VA Primary School, Sherborne
  • Trent Young's Endowed CE VA Primary School, Sherborne
  • Wareham St Mary CE Primary School, Wareham
  • West Moors Middle School, Heathfield Way
  • Westfield Arts College, Weymouth
  • William Barnes Primary School, Sturminster Newton
  • William Barnes Primary School, Weymouth
  • Wimborne First School, School Lane
  • Winterbourne Valley CE VA First School, Dorchester
  • Witchampton CE VA First School, Wimborne
  • Wool CE VA Primary School, High Street
  • Wyke Primary School, Gillingham, Gillingham
  • Wyke Regis CE Junior School, High Street
  • Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery, Shrubbery Lane
  • Wyvern School, Weymouth
  • Yewstock School, Sturminster Newton
  • Yeovil College

Check with the school first to check opening times before deciding whether or not to send children into school today.