MORE than 70 schools in Swindon and the surrounding area have announced they will be closed today.

For some it is the fourth day their doors have been shut to pupils and many of them have blamed blaming heating problems and health and safety rules.

Those which have announced they are closed today are:

Abbey Meads Primary
Ashton Keynes Primary
Beechcroft Infants
Blunsdon Nursery
Bradon Forest
Bridlewood Primary
Brimble Hill Primary School
Broad Hinton Primary
Broad Town Primary
Brookfield Primary
Catherine Wayte Primary
Chalet School
Chiseldon Primary
Churchfields
Cirencester College
Colebrook Infants
Colebrook Juniors
Commonweal
Covingham Park Primary
Crowdys Hill School
Defence Academy and Language centre
Dorcan Technology College
Drove Primary
Eastrop Primary
Eldene Primary
Even Swindon Primary
Ferndale Primary
Gorse Hill Junior School
Grange Infants
Grange Junior School
Green Road pre-school
Greendown
Greenmeadow Primary
Goddard Park Primary
Haydon Leigh Primary
Haydon Wick Primary
Highworth Warneford
Holy Family
Isambard Community School
Jelly Tots pre-school Kingsdown
King William Street Primary
Lainesmead Primary
Lawn pre-school
Lethbridge Primary
Liden Primary
Longleaze Primary
Longleaze pre-school and nursery
Lydiard Millicent Primary
Lyneham Primary
Little Pinetrees pre-school
Millbrook Primary
Mountford Manor Primary
New College
Noremarsh Primary
Nova Hreod
Nylands Special school
Nythe Primary
Oaktree nursery and priamry
Oliver Tompkins Infants
Oliver Tompkins Juniors
Orchid Vale Priamry
Peatmoor Primary School
Red Oaks Primary
Robert Le Kyng Primary
Ridgeway School
Riverside Centre
Ruskin Juniors
Sevenfields
Shaw Ridge Primary
Shrivenham Primary
Southfields Primary
St Andrew's Primary
St Bartholomew's Primary
St Catherine's Primary
St Francis Primary
St Joseph's
St Luke's special school
St Mary's Primary (but staff are asked to come in)
St Mary's (Purton) St Marston Primary
St Sampson's Infants
St Sampson's Juniors
Swindon Academy (all sites)
Swindon College
Tregoze Primary
Toothill Primary School
Uplands School
Wanborough Primary School
Watchfield Primary
Westlea Primary
Westrop Primary
Wootton Bassett Comprehensive
Wroughton Infants School
Wroughton Junior School

Keep checking the website as we'll update the list throughout the day.