SCHOOLS across Southampton and Hampshire are set to be shut as coronavirus cases rise across the UK.
We are running a live blog through the day for ongoing updates, but below you can find a list of which schools have announced they will be closed.
Schools may not be closed for every age group or class - for more information you can contact your child's school.
Schools which will be closed in Southampton today (January 4):
- Bitterne Park Primary School
- Fairisle Junior School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- Newlands Primary School
- Redbridge Primary School
- Shirley Warren Primary and Nursery School
- Sinclair Primary and Nursery School
- St Mark's CE Primary School
- Foundry Lane (open only for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Tannersbrook Primary (open from Tuesday for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Thornhill Primary (open from Tuesday for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Mansbridge Primary (open from Wednesday for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Mason More Primary (open only for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Newlands Primary (open from Tuesday for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Bassett Green Primary (open from Tuesday for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Redbridge Primary (open from Tuesday for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Rosewood Free School (open only for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Shirley Warren primary (open to all children from Tuesday)
- Cedar School (open from Tuesday for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Fairisle Infant & Nursery (open from Wednesday for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Glenfield Infant School (open only for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Ludlow Junior School (open only for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Sholing Infants (open only for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Springwell (open only for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Valentine Primary
- Vermont School
- Wordsworth Primary (open only for children of critical workers and vulnerable children)
- Sinclair Primary and Nursery School
- Banister Primary School
- Bevois Town Primary School
- Vermont School
Hampshire County Council schools which will be closed TODAY:
- Saint James' Church of England Primary School, West End
- Dove House School in Basingstoke
- Fryern Infant School, Chandler's Ford
- Orchard Lea Infant and Junior Schools, Fareham
- Hazel Wood Infant School
Hampshire County Council schools which will be closed TOMORROW:
- Crofton Hammond Junior School, Mancroft Avenue, Stubbington, Fareham
- Hazel Wood Infant School, Hazel Farm Road, Totton
- Lydlynch Infant School, Lydlynch Road, Totton
- Manor Infant School, Fernhill Road, Cove, Farnborough
- Mengham Junior School, Palmerston Road, Hayling Island
- Norman Gate School, Vigo Road, Andover
- Orchard Lea Infant School, Kennedy Avenue, Fareham
- Osborne School. Athelstan Road, Winchester
- Our Lady & St Joseph Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ramley Road, Pennington, Lymington
- Padnell Infant School, Padnell Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville
- Purbrook Infant School, Aldermoor Road East, Purbrook, Waterlooville
- Rucstall Primary School, Holbein Close, Black Dam, Basingstoke
- Whiteley Primary School, Gull Coppice, Whiteley, Fareham
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