{"id":655825,"date":"2026-06-24T13:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/655825\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:20:11","slug":"heatwave-shuts-more-than-100-schools-across-buckinghamshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/655825\/","title":{"rendered":"Heatwave shuts more than 100 schools across Buckinghamshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More than 100 schools and colleges in Buckinghamshire have been partially or fully closed because of the heatwave. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Across the county, 125 have decided to close completely or have a shorter day. The figure does not include Milton Keynes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A red weather warning for extreme heat is in place from 09:00 BST on Wednesday to 21:00 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Parents and carers are advised to check closure details with individual schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some schools will not reopen until Friday. A number have arranged remote learning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Temperatures are expected to hit 35C (95F) in some parts of Buckinghamshire on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Met Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, the advice is also to check with individual schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Do you have a story suggestion for Beds, Herts or Bucks? Contact us below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 100 schools and colleges in Buckinghamshire have been partially or fully closed because of the heatwave.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-655825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}