Parent Pick-up area
Thank you to parents, guardians and carers for their understanding with the pick up at the end of the school day. We have a clear, supervised routine in place which means that all pupils are safely offsite by 3.30pm at the latest. As a reminder, please can you ensure that you use all available parking spaces before blocking others in. Also, please ensure that you turn your engine off when parked in the pick up area. Thank you for your support with this.
Park and Stride
Instead of dropping off and collecting your child at the school drop them outside the 10 minute walking zone. Park and Stride schemes aim to reduce congestion around the school gates and provide a route where children can be active, healthier, and happier. The scheme benefits children by: making it safer around the school entrance; reducing traffic and helps us to maintain positive relationships with our neighbours on Long Lane and Drayton Ford where pupils should not be dropped off or collected from.
The 10 minute walking zone is from Springwell Avenue or further away from the school on the Mill End side and McColls/ Chalfont Road on the Maple Cross side of the school.
Cycling and Road Safety
All of our pupils who cycle to and from school must have a suitable helmet, which they must wear. Pupils will not be allowed to ride their bikes off the school site at the end of the day if they are not wearing a helmet.
After half-term it will be darker in the evenings and therefore in order to ensure their safety all the pupils who ride will need to have the appropriate lights fitted to their bikes and should wear bright, ideally fluorescent jackets. This will be particularly important for pupils who are remaining in school for Stretch and Support sessions.
We would like to encourage safe and sensible cycling to and from school, and pupils should not be riding in large groups on the road or pavement or when leaving the school site at the traffic lights.
Please can you also speak to them about using their phones and having earphones in when travelling home as this hinders their ability to assess road hazards and listen to traffic, which is a vital part of keeping safe.
We provide an extensive amount of cycle parking onsite where pupils can lock their bikes during the day. We also provide a safe cycling scheme where a member of staff from the school will check your child’s bike to ensure it is road safe and that they are riding safely to and from school. We are also able to provide additional information about the Highway Code for cyclists together with Bikeability courses and qualifications.
Pupils found to be breaking the Highway Code could have their permission to ride to and from school revoked.