WINTRY weather has forced the closure of several schools across Essex.

Schools in Colchester, Braintree and Chelmsford have been affected. Here are those affected:

Alderman Blaxhill, Colchester school closed - GCSE catering exam will go ahead

All Saints church of England, Dovercourt

All Saints Primary, Maldon

Boxted St Peter’s Primary school, Boxted

Brinkley Grove Primary School, Colchester

Busy Beavers Pre-school, Braintree

Cann Hall Primary, Clacton

Castle Nursery, Castle Hedingham

Chase Lane Primary, Dovercourt

Chelmer Valley High School, Chelmsford

Colchester Institute

Colchester Royal Grammar School, Colchester

Colne Engaine Primary School, Colne Engaine

De Vere Primary, Castle Hedingham

Elmstead Nursery, Elmstead Market

Feering CofE Primary, Feering

Fingrinhoe primary, Colchester

FKS, Felsted

Fordham all Saints CofE Primary School, Fordham

Frinton Primary, Frinton

Fryers Grove Primary School, Colchester

Gilberd School, Colchester

Gosfield School, Gosfield

Great Bardfield Primary School, Great Bardfield

Great Tey Primary School, Colchester

Harwich & Dovercourt High School, Harwich - Open For Exams

Harwich & Dovercourt School, Harwich

Harwich Community Primary and Nursery, Harwich

Hedingham School, Halstead

Highwoods Community Primary, Colchester

Holy Trinity Primary, Halstead

Howbridge Infant School, Witham

Katherines Primary, Maldon

Kings Road Primary, Chelmsford

Lark Rise Primary School, Chelmsford

Lawford Mead Infant and Nursery school, Chelmsford

Little Garth School, Colchester

Little Oak Nursery, Langford

Maldon Primary School

Manningtree High School, Manningtree

Maylandsea Primary School, Mayland

Meadgate nursery, Chelmsford

Mersea Island School, West Mersea

Newlands Spring Primary, Chelmsford

Noah’s Ark Nursery, Bures

North East Quadrant CSS Centre, Colchester

Plume School, Maldon

Richard De Clare Community Primary, Halstead

Roman River Pre-School, Colchester

Southview Special School, Witham

Spring Meadows Primary, Dovercourt

Springfield Primary School, Chelmsford

St Andrews Infant and Nursery, Colchester

St Andrew’s Junior School, Colchester

St Andrews Primary School, Marks Tey

St Giles Primary, Great Maplestead

St John Payne School, Chelmsford

St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Harwich

St Margarets, Gosfield

St Margarets, Toppesfield

St Peter’s Primary School, Sible Hedingham

St Peter’s Primary, Coggeshall

Stanley Drapkin Primary School, Steeple Bumpstead

Stanway School, Colchester - open for geography exam at 1.30pm

Tabor Science College, Braintree - Open for exams only

Tendring Primary School, Clacton

Thaxted Primary School, Thaxted

The Sandon School, Chelmsford - open for exams only

Tiptree Heath Primary, Tiptree

Tollesbury School, Tollesbury

Wentworth Primary, Maldon

White Court Primary and Preschool, Braintree

Wix & Wrabness Primary School, Manningtree

Wrabness Primary School, Manningtree