A HEREFORD school is closed today for urgent water repairs.

In an update issued through Herefordshire Council, Blackmarston School, in Hereford's Honddu Close, to the south of the city, said it will be closed on Friday, June 30, for urgent works to be carried out.

The school is a state-funded school for children between the age of two and 11. It caters exclusively for children who have special educational needs.