Harlow Wood school confirms it will reopen tomorrow after water leak

Portland College, on Nottingham Road, Harlow Wood, was shut today, Wednesday, February 2, ‘to enable essential maintenance to be carried out to repair a mains water leak’.

And a college spokeswoman said this afternoon: “The water mains leak has now been fixed and Portland College will be fully open as normal from tomorrow, February 3.”

It is the third school in the area forced to close due to water problems in a matter of weeks.

Queen Elizabeth's Academy, on Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield was forced to close to students on Friday, January 21, after it ‘experienced a significant flood overnight, caused by a burst pipe’.

And King Edward Primary School and Nursery, on St Andrew Street, Littleworth, Mansfield, saw pupils sent home on Monday, January 16, and only reopened on January 20, due to a burst pipe.

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