Flintshire school closures and gritting
Official links for Flintshire County 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 Flintshire closed?
Check the school's own text message, app, email or website first, then the council's official school closures page (flintshire.gov.uk).
Links checked on 18 October 2026.
Gritter tracker and gritting routes
The official page for Flintshire is a gritting routes page (flintshire.gov.uk). It shows which roads are treated; there is no live gritter map.
Motorways and trunk roads are not gritted by the council: Traffic Wales (Motorways and trunk roads in Wales).
Met Office warnings for Flintshire
Flintshire is in the Met Office's Wales warning area. Every snow, ice, wind and rain warning in force there now is on weather warnings for Wales. A warning is not a closure order: with red many schools close, with amber or yellow most stay open.
Who decides whether schools close
The head teacher decides, usually with the governing body and after talking to the council, which publishes the schools that have closed. Pupils' safety getting to school and staff being able to get in are what the decision turns on.
Official guidance: Opening schools as well as childcare and play settings in extreme bad weather and extreme hot weather (Welsh Government).
Questions
Will schools in Flintshire 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. Flintshire is in the Met Office's Wales warning area. Check your school and the council's page on the day.
Who decides whether a school in Flintshire closes?
The head teacher decides, usually with the governing body and after talking to the council, which publishes the schools that have closed. Pupils' safety getting to school and staff being able to get in are what the decision turns on.
Where do I find out if my school in Flintshire 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.
Are the roads in Flintshire gritted tonight?
The council publishes its gritting routes, linked on this page; it does not run a live gritter map. Councils grit their priority routes when ice or snow is forecast, so quieter roads and most pavements are not treated.
Other councils in the same warning area
Blaenau Gwent · Bridgend · Carmarthenshire · Ceredigion · Conwy · Denbighshire · Gwynedd · Isle of Anglesey · Merthyr Tydfil · Monmouthshire · Neath Port Talbot · Pembrokeshire · Rhondda Cynon Taf · Torfaen · Vale of Glamorgan · Wrexham
All UK councils' school closures pages · Gritter tracker UK · UK weather warnings
Links go to Flintshire County 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.