Several schools in Brighton and Hove have closed today (Tuesday 12 March), including all the mainstream secondary schools, after more snow fell overnight.
There were big queues on the A27, A23 and M23 with many abandoned cars. Sussex Police said: “Don’t travel unless it’s essential.”
No buses are running and rail commuters are facing delays and cancellations. Brighton and Hove Buses said: “All of our bus services are currently withdrawn due to the atrocious weather and road conditions.”
Fresh snow has fallen on and off overnight and through the rush hour and has settled on top of ice and yesterday’s snow in many places.
The snowfall is expected to peter out by noon and this afternoon the wind will drop. Temperatures tomorrow are forecast to reach a maximum of 6C by the afternoon although the roads in the morning may still be dangerously icy.
The school closures announced so far today include
- Acorn Nursery
- Aldrington CE Primary
- Alternative Centre for Education
- Balfour Primary
- Benfield Primary
- Bevendean Primary
- Bilingual Primary School Brighton and Hove
- Blatchington Mill
- Bright Start Nursery
- Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA)
- Brighton and Hove High
- Brighton and Hove Pupil Referral Unit
- Brighton, Hove and Sussex VI Form College (BHASVIC)
- Carden Primary
- Cardinal Newman
- Carlton Hill Primary
- Cedar Centre
- Cherry Tree Nursery
- City College Brighton and Hove
- Coldean Primary
- Connected Hub
- Coombe Road Primary
- Davigdor Infant
- Dorothy Stringer
- Downs Park
- Downs View
- Downs View Link College
- Dv8 Brighton
- Fairlight Primary
- Hangleton Infant
- Hangleton Junior
- Hertford Infant and Nursery
- Hertford Junior
- Hillside
- Hove Park
- Jump Start Nursery
- Lancing College Prep at Mowden
- Longhill High
- Mile Oak Primary
- Moulsecoomb Primary School
- Our Lady of Lourdes Primary
- Patcham High
- Patcham House
- Patcham Infant
- Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA)
- Portslade Infant
- Queen’s Park Primary and Nursery
- Roundabout Nursery
- Royal Spa Nursery
- Rudyard Kipling Primary
- St Andrew’s CE Primary
- St Aubyns
- St Bartholomew’s CE Primary
- St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary
- St Christopher’s
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary
- St Luke’s Primary
- St Margaret’s CE Primary
- St Mark’s CE Primary
- St Martin’s CE Primary
- St Mary Magdalen
- St Mary’s RC Primary
- St Nicolas CE Junior
- St Paul’s CE Primary
- St Peter’s Community Infant and Nursery
- Saltdean Primary
- Somerhill Junior
- Stanford Junior
- Tarnerland Nursery
- Varndean College
- Varndean School
- West Blatchington Primary
- Whitehawk Primary
- Woodingdean Primary
A few schools have decided to open. They include
Sussex Police said that officers had attended more than 300 crashes across the county. No one had suffered life-threatening injuries.
This morning officers were waking drivers who had spent the night trapped and sleeping in their cars and encouraging others who had abandoned their cars to collect them.
The train operator Southern said: “Snow and freezing temperatures in the south east since yesterday and overnight are leading to cancellations and delays to train services on our network this morning, particularly on routes through Sussex.”
