Latest Kent travel and school closures

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Here's all the latest information on Kent school closures, weather, travel and event cancellations.

Primary and secondary school across Kent can find themselves closing for many reasons across the year from weather, including snow and flooding, to isolated emergencies.

And as temperatures begin to plummet in 2024, and bad weather begins to disrupt travel, make sure you keep it Heart to stay up to date with all the latest information on last-minute school closures and travel issues in your local area.

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How do you find out about Kent school closures?

Please click on the relevant link below to find a list of all the local school closures:

  • In KENT, log on here and enter the school name
  • In MEDWAY log on here. 

Other useful links for weather disruption in Kent are:

General Advice for weather disruption in Kent

Emergency Services and Local Authorities advice you not to travel at peak times during bad weather, to stay away from the coastline, to be prepared for power cuts and to look around your gardens to see if you can move anything that might be blown away or into windows. Put cars in garages or keep them away from buildings.

It is likely services like postal deliveries and refuse collections will be affected and road conditions will be difficult affecting public transport as well as private vehicles.

Flood Alerts

Rain

The Environment Agency started listing a number of flood alerts for Kent. To see if where you live is affected follow this link Flood Alerts