I don't remember primary school closing because of snow. I remember being sent home from secondary school early on maybe two occasions, because there was already a foot of snow and then it started to snow again. Some of the kids from the farms on the moors couldn't get in, but the rest of us were expected to be there, and be on time.
I got embroiled in an argument on my professional body's forum a couple of years ago, when staff were complaining that they'd been docked pay for not going in when it was snowy. They didn't like me pointing out that one of our primary school teachers used to walk in from Mirfied to Lindley in Huddersfield (about eight miles) if the snow was too bad to drive. He generally didn't make it in till 11ish, but he made it (and then my friend Lisa filled his wellies with empty crisp packets from the bins
). I walked to and from work, about 3 miles each way, in 2010 and 2011 when the snow was bad and the buses were off. Some people expressed surprise, but they did not have Yorkshire childhoods.
I doubt I'd do it now, I'd point out I have an arthritic hip and milk that for all it was worth
, but if my hip was up to it, I'd do it.