A dozen schoolteachers from a Croydon school are stranded abroad due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland.

A cloud of volcanic ash above the UK has grounded all flights into and out of Great Britain since last week.

Mark Southworth, head teacher of Woodcote High School in Coulsdon, Croydon, said 12 of his teachers are stranded abroad. The school is due to reopen at 8.30am on Monday following the Easter break.

He told the BBC: "Obviously we don't know whether they will get back in time. Some had been due to get back today. One of those is in Marrakech and can't fly back from there until Monday at the earliest.

"We have made the decision that we are going to open and are planning for the worst-case scenario, that 12 teachers are off and we think we can manage that."

The 12 teachers make up 15 per cent of the school's workforce and it has supply teachers on standby to come in on Monday if needed.

Mr Southworth said school closures due to the heavy snow over the winter had taught him and the school now had a very good system for communicating with staff and parents.

The school has updates on its website www.woodcote.croydon.sch.uk/ and he was tweeting updates twitter.com/woodcotehigh/ .

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