PARENTS found themselves slipping and sliding as they struggled to get their children to school this week.

One mum of two said it took her 25 minutes to walk her eight and 11 year-old to the Hill Primary on Wednesday morning instead of the normal three minutes.

Carol Clay, of the parents' association, said several parents didn't take their kids to school yesterday because it was too dangerous.

Low temperatures on Tuesday night left sheets of treacherous black ice on the uphill route to the school which is tucked into the Reema estate but the area had not been gritted.

A council spokesperson said they had responded to requests from residents and schools were a priority.