"GKN" wrote in message
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Now lets get things into perspective on the subject of school closures.
All it takes is for the head teacher to issue a memorandum to all parents
and guardians stating that the school will take all reasonable care to
make sure that pathways in and around the school premises will be kept as
clear as is practical, and that no responsibility will be taken by the
school in the event of any injury caused by such. Job done.

Lets hear no more about it next winter.

While I agree that having trudged to school through several feet of snow as
a child, the current haste to close schools is a bit OTT, there is a legal
problem with your solution above. I speak as an ex-teacher married to a
deputy head (who's school stayed open last week when others around were
closing).

No school, in fact no one, can eliminate their duty of care with a memo to
parents. Several legal cases have taught schools that these disclaimers are
not worth the paper they are written on.

The problem is with the legal claim culture. Headteachers are doing what
they have to do to stay out of court.

Cheers
Mark

East Lancs - 350m ASL