The so-called Beast from the East coated Redbridge in a blanket of snow overnight and 17 schools have announced they will be closed today.

They are:

Seven Kings Primary School, Perth Road, Ilford

Woodlands Primary School, Loxford Lane, Ilford

Newbridge School, Barley Lane, Ilford and Newbridge School, Gresham Drive, Chadwell Heath

Chadwell Primary School, High Road, Chadwell Heath

Roding Primary School, Roding Lane North, Woodford Green

Ursuline Academy Ilford, Morland Road, Ilford

Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School, Forest Road, Ilford

Aldborough Primary School, Aldborough Road South, Ilford

Avanti Court Primary School, Carlton Drive, Ilford

Grove Primary School, Chadwell Heath Lane, Chadwell Heath

Glade Primary School, Atherton Road, Ilford

St Bede’s, Canon Ave, Chadwell Heath

Hatton School (and its two satellite classes), Roding Lane S, Woodford Green

Al-Noor Primary School, Green Lane, Ilford

Chadwell Heath Academy, Christie Gardens, Chadwell Heath

Loxford School Secondary and Primary, Loxford Lane, Ilford

Clore Tikva School, Fullwell Avenue, Ilford

Barley Lane Primary School, Barley Lane, Goodmayes

llford County High School, Fremantle Road, Ilford

Little Heath School, Hainault Road, Hainault

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