Phil Wynn said Denbighshire school closures will not be handled as a blanket decision during the amber weather warning for heat. Wrexham Council said schools in Wrexham will be assessed individually while the warning runs from midnight on Wednesday, June 24 to 11:59 pm on Thursday, June 25.
He said: “During this period of extreme warm weather, schools will operate using the Welsh Government guidelines and decisions are made on an individual basis by headteachers for each school.” The council also said temperatures were expected to reach the mid to high 30s.
Phil Wynn and Wrexham Council
Wynn, the Lead Member for Education, said headteachers will make decisions for each school rather than following one county-wide closure order. He also said: “Schools may relax uniform requirements and assess the suitability of certain accommodation on a regular basis.”
That leaves the response at school level instead of council level. For pupils and parents, the practical effect is that one school can stay open while another changes its day, depending on what each headteacher decides under Welsh Government guidelines.
The Met Office warning
The Met Office warning came into force at midnight on Wednesday, June 24. It was due to end at 11:59 pm on Thursday, June 25, and the forecast called for around 31C on Wednesday, 17C overnight, and at least 35C on Thursday.
The warning did not cover Friday, when temperatures were expected to reach around 33C, followed by high 20s on Saturday and low 20s on Sunday. That means the decision-making pressure sits squarely on the two hottest days, when each school must judge conditions for its own buildings and routines.
Schools in Wrexham
The council’s update also answers the concern that schools may close together because of the heat. Instead, Wrexham Council said they will be assessed one by one, so any change will come from the school itself and not from a blanket county-wide closure.
For families, the immediate step is to wait for each school’s own instructions rather than assume the same arrangement across Wrexham. The update points to a short period of extreme warm weather, but the decision on whether a school closes, stays open, or adjusts its day rests with the headteacher for that school.
