Shropshire Council’s website now back up and running

Shropshire Council is pleased to report that its website is now fully operational, and it will be working so that parents can check school closures during the cold weather we are experiencing. 

We apologise for problems with the website earlier today (Thursday 1 March 2018) which occurred due to an extremely high number of people logging in. This was due to a combination of things – those wanting to find out whether their local school was closed and those looking to see which schools their children have been allocated to.  

Andrew Boxall, Shropshire Council’s technology and communications service manager, said: 

“We have fixed the problem with our website, created by unusual circumstances. We are also investing to ensure that this kind of failure won’t happen in the future through our Digital Transformation Programme.

“We know how important it is that our IT provides the service that the public expects. Increasingly people want their information directly through our web channels and we recognise that the media are also dependent on the information we provide. We are grateful for the support in getting the message out this morning.”