About the School Streets scheme
A School Street is where one or more roads (or a part of a road) surrounding a school temporarily close to motor traffic at the beginning and end of the school day. A School Street creates a pedestrian and cycle only zone.
Signs inform drivers of the restrictions before the entrance to the School Street.
Why do we want to create School Streets?
School Streets are designed to reduce the number of vehicles around the school. We believe that School Streets will:
- Reduce congestion and vehicles travelling through the School Street
- Reduce pollution around the school entrance with fewer engines idling
- Encourage more walking, cycling and active journeys from pupils and parents/carers
- Result in less inconsiderate parking and dangerous manoeuvres
- Create a calmer, safer and cleaner environment
School Streets also provide additional space to support social distance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The schemes have been introduced under an experimental traffic order to be able to monitor any impacts before considering making the schemes permanent.
Phase 1
The following School Streets were developed in Phase 1. Further information on each School Street is available via the links in the table below.
| School | Start date |
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| Alderbrook Primary School | 5 October 2020 |
| Earlsfield Primary School | 8 June 2020 |
| Furzedown Primary School | 8 June 2020 |
| 8 June 2020 | |
| Penwortham Primary School | 8 June 2020 |
The schemes were approved to be trialled (Paper no. 19-158) and following a review of feedback and operation, were approved to be made permanent (Paper no. 21-236) at the Strategic Planning and Transportation Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
View a summary of the results of the consultation carried out prior to launching the Phase 1 School Streets.
Phase 2
The following School Streets were developed in Phase 2. These schemes were accelerated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased demand for safer spaces to support the return to school, as reported to the Strategic Planning and Transportation Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Paper no. 20 -169 and Paper no. 20-291). Further information on each School Street is available via the links in the table below.
| School | Start date |
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21 September 2020 |
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28 September 2020 |
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12 October 2020 |
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12 October 2020 |
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12 October 2020 |
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12 October 2020 |
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12 October 2020 |
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21 September 2020 |
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12 October 2020 |
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| Sacred Heart Primary School |
12 October 2020 |
| Sellincourt Primary School |
12 October 2020 |
| Shaftesbury Park Primary School |
12 October 2020 |
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12 October 2020 |
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15 October 2020 |
View a summary of the results of the consultation carried out concurrently with the launch of the Phase 2 School Streets (between September/October 2020 and June 2021).
Feedback and operation of these schemes was reviewed by the Strategic Planning and Transportation Overview and Scrutiny Committee and they were approved to be made permanent (Paper no. 21-236).