EMERGENCY CLOSURE
The school will be closed if, in the opinion of the Head Teacher, remaining open would result in unacceptable discomfort or hazard to pupils/staff, or if it proved impossible, for one reason or another, to provide an acceptable degree of supervision. The reasons for this could be heavy snowstorms, a heating breakdown or some other problem.
In judging whether to close for bad weather, the school will rely to some extent on the advice of parents around the catchment area, within which conditions can vary and on the advice of transport operators.

In the event of an EMERGENCY CLOSURE, there may not be time to contact parents and so arrangements should be made to cover such an eventuality. That is to say, if the school closes without notice, we will send pupils home or to the emergency address indicated by parents. It is therefore necessary for parents to have a full-proof system in place to ensure safety in such circumstances and to ensure that their children know what to do and where to go.
Parents will be contacted each session and provided with a letter asking them to indicate emergency addresses and telephone numbers. If there is to be any temporary or permanent change in the arrangements indicated on the return, then parents should update the school accordingly.

The decision on whether to send children to school or to send them home in bad weather is always a matter of judgement and the policy will be to err on the safe side. If the weather deteriorates overnight a decision on closure is always made by 07.30, this then enables information to be made available by way of The Moray Council website, https://secure.moray.gov.uk/mcalerts/portal/servicestatus.aspx as to the position pertaining to Aberlour Primary School and Nursery.

Staff will remain in the school following closure until all pupils have left safely and as long as conditions, within or out with the school are acceptable in terms of comfort and safety. This will be a matter to be judged by the Head Teacher, in consultation with staff and taking into account Council and Health/Safety guidelines.