Schools have to send students home early during the heat wave, as the Met Office warned of “exceptionally” hot weather next week.
Children could also be kept at home and banned from playing outside, as schools said they had difficulty concentrating with the heat.
Parents of children at three elementary schools in Herefordshire have been told that pupils “will not be able to play outside” and that no physical education classes will be held.
“We also give parents the option to keep the kids home on Monday,” he said in a letter to parents at Marlbrook, Little Dewchurch and St Martin’s Primary School.
Hereford Academy is changing its schedule, starting the day at 8:30 a.m. and sending students home at 2 p.m. Clapton Girls’ Academy, East London, will send the children home at 12.30pm on Monday and Tuesday.
In a letter to parents, Anna Feltham, the principal, wrote: “In many classrooms it is already very hot, even with fans, and students struggle to stay cool, drink enough water and stay focused in class. “.
He said the rooms would be “unbearably hot” by the end of next week’s day and there weren’t enough “cool” rooms to move lessons in.
Earlier this week, students at Jersey’s Les Quennevais School were sent home early because staff could not open any windows in the building, which has no air conditioning.
On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday there is an amber warning from the Met office for heat that could pose “a danger to life”. Temperatures could beat the current national record of 38.7ºC, which was set in 2019.