DOZENS of Dorset schools are closed today (January 30) amid warnings of more bad weather across the south west.

In the aftermath of Storm Chandra, the Met Office has issued a yellow warning for much of Devon and parts of Somerset.

However, on Thursday, Dorset Council announced it was cancelling all school transport for today, as more rainfall was predicted.

“This decision has not been made lightly, and we understand frustrations from parents, carers and school leaders,” a spokesperson said.

“But we have to consider whether the transport can safely take children to and from school.”

The list of schools in Dorset closed today, according to Dorset Council:

Beaminster School, Newtown
Beaucroft Foundation School, Colehill
Bere Regis Community School, Bere Regis
Cerne Abbas CE VC First School, Dorchester
Cheselbourne Village School, Dorchester
Cranborne Middle School, Wimborne
Dorchester Learning Centre, The Old Rectory, Winterbourne Monkton, Dorchester
Dorset Studio School, Kingston Maurward, Dorchester
Dunbury Church Of England Academy (KS1 Base), Winterborne Kingston
Harbour Vale School, Simons Road, Sherborne
Lytchett Minster School, Post Green Road
Milborne St Andrew First School, Blandford
Mountjoy School, Beaminster
Pimperne CE VC Primary School, Blandford Forum
Puddletown CE First School, Dorchester
Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne Minster
Shaftesbury School, Salisbury Road
St Mary’s CE Middle School, Puddletown, Puddletown
Sturminster Newton High School, Bath Road
The Compass Centre, 307A Chickerell Road, Weymouth
The Forum Centre, Park Road, Blandford Forum
The Gryphon School, Sherborne
The Purbeck School, Wareham
The Sir John Colfox Academy, Bridport
The Thomas Hardye School, Dorchester
The Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis
Wyvern School, Weymouth
Yewstock School, Sturminster Newton