All the Sussex schools closed due to red weather warning

As of 9am this morning, June 24, a red weather warning for extreme heat has come into place across areas of Sussex.

The Met Office has warned the public of significant disruption to daily life and advised that people should take every effort to make precautions and adapt their daily routines where possible to cope with the levels of heat.

In parts of Sussex, temperatures today are expected to reach 37C, with this latest heatwave expected to surpass the record for June set in Hampshire in 1976.

People have been enjoying the beach during the extreme hot weather (Image: Eddie Mitchell)

Earlier this week, several schools and colleges across the county announced they would be closed or finishing early.

Heathfield College in East Sussex will close at 12 pm today and tomorrow.

Steyning Grammar School has also announced the same for all its teaching sites.

Horsham schools including Tanbridge House School and The Forest School are also closing early due to the heat.

Two colleges in West Sussex, Ifield Community College and The College of Richard Collyer, are both closed today.

Vardean Sixth Form College has said all lessons are cancelled and will resume as normal on Friday, June 26.

East Sussex College has also announced its campuses are closed for the “safety and wellbeing of students, staff and visitors.”

The following schools in East Sussex are closed or finishing early, according to the council website:

• Beacon Academy, Crowborough – closed
• Chailey School, South Chailey – closed from 12pm
• Danehill Church of England Primary School, Haywards Heath – optional closure from 12pm
• Etchingham Church of England School – closed from 12.15pm
• Hailsham Academy – secondary school closed all day and primary/pre-school closed from 12.30pm
• Harlands Primary School, Ridgewood – closed from 12pm
• High Hurstwood Church of England Primary School – closed from 12.30pm
• Icklesham Church of England Primary School and Nursery – closed from 12.15pm
• Mulberry Academy, Bexhill – closed from 12pm
• Pevensey and Westham Church of England Primary School – closed from 1pm
• Polegate School – closed from 12.15pm
• Priory School, Lewes – closed from 12.15pm
• Shinewater Primary School, Eastbourne – nursery room closed
• St Philip’s Catholic Primary School, Uckfield – closed from 12pm
• The Turing School, Eastbourne – closed from 12.30pm
• Tollgate Community Junior School, Eastbourne – closed from 12.20pm
• Uckfield College – closed from 12.20pm
• Uplands Academy, Wadhurst – closed
• Western Road Community Primary School, Lewes – closed from 12.30pm

The following schools in West Sussex are closed or finishing early, according to the council website:

• St Anthony’s School, Chichester – closed
• Fordwater School, Chichester – closed
• Waterfield Primary School, Crawley – closed
• Holy Trinity CofE School – closed
• Ifield Community College – closed
• Woodlands Meed, Burgess Hill – closed