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Oxfordshire school announces closure amid ‘severe’ 33°C heat
St Amand’s Catholic Primary School in East Hendred has said it will be closing at 12.30pm tomorrow (Friday, July 10) due to “severe weather”.
Temperatures are set to hit 33°C in Oxford and will be hotter across the country with the record for the number of days the UK has seen 34°C or higher in a calendar year having now been broken.
St Amand’s Catholic Primary School, East Hendred (Image: Google Maps)
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Currently St Amand’s is the only school to have announced a closure to the county council, although some have already broken up for the summer holidays.
During the last heatwave in June hundreds of schools across the county announced full or partial closures over several days.
This was amid record-breaking 34°C conditions.