The Holgate Academy in Hucknall has been forced to close today due to a power failure.

The Academy on Hillcrest Drive had been due to open for a staff INSET day and to allow students to receive a lateral flow Covid-19 test ahead of the new school year which starts this week.

A statement from the Diverse Academies Trust, which Holgate is part of, said: "Due to a power outage at our Hillcrest site, we have unfortunately been unable to commence our planned lateral flow device testing programme today at The Holgate Academy. Testing has been pushed back by one day and will recommence tomorrow, Wednesday 1 September, at our Nabbs site.

"We share with our parents the frustration caused by the power outage and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

"All parents and carers of years 7 and 11 students, who were expected on site today and have been affected by the issue, were contacted this morning through our dedicated parental communications system. We are looking into the reasons why some parents did not receive this initial message to ensure this does not happen again with future, urgent communications."