Aberdeenshire school closures and gritting
Official links for Aberdeenshire Council in snow, ice and storms: where the council says which schools have closed, where it shows its gritters, and the Met Office warning area it is in. This page does not say whether any school is open or closed; the school and the council do.
Is my school in Aberdeenshire closed?
Check the school's own text message, app, email or website first, then the council's official school closures page (online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk).
The council also points to its official updates from its own page.
Links checked on 18 October 2026.
Gritter tracker and gritting routes
This site could not find an official gritting page for Aberdeenshire. Search the council's website for "gritting".
Motorways and trunk roads are not gritted by the council: Traffic Scotland (Trunk roads and motorways in Scotland).
Met Office warnings for Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire is in the Met Office's Grampian warning area. Every snow, ice, wind and rain warning in force there now is on weather warnings for Grampian. A warning is not a closure order: with red many schools close, with amber or yellow most stay open.
Who decides whether schools close
Each council runs its state schools as the education authority. In snow or a storm the head teacher and the council decide together, and in a red warning a council can close all of its schools at once; it announces that on its own website and social media.
Official guidance: School closures in an emergency (mygov.scot, Scottish Government).
Questions
Will schools in Aberdeenshire close with a red or amber weather warning?
Not automatically: a Met Office warning is not a closure order. With a red warning many schools close; with amber or yellow most stay open and some close one by one if staff cannot get in or the site is unsafe. Aberdeenshire is in the Met Office's Grampian warning area. Check your school and the council's page on the day.
Who decides whether a school in Aberdeenshire closes?
Each council runs its state schools as the education authority. In snow or a storm the head teacher and the council decide together, and in a red warning a council can close all of its schools at once; it announces that on its own website and social media.
Where do I find out if my school in Aberdeenshire is closed?
From the school first: its text message, app, email or website. The council's own school closures page is linked on this page.
Other councils in the same warning area
All UK councils' school closures pages · Gritter tracker UK · UK weather warnings
Links go to Aberdeenshire Council and government websites and were checked on 18 October 2026. If a link has moved, search the council's website for "school closures" or "gritting". Your council not right? Find your local council on GOV.UK.