Parking Outside School 18th December 2019

Wednesday 18^th January 2019

Dear Parents/Carers

During this Autumn Term I have tried to spend as much time as possible outside school and around the school corridors meeting and greeting children and their families in a morning. This has been a wonderful opportunity to see all the happy faces coming into school, answer any questions and get to know families a little better. Whilst the majority of parents and carers are extremely pleasant, positive and pleased to see a welcoming face in the morning, sadly a small few show a distinct lack of consideration for the safety of our children during this busy time of day. I have tried very hard to have polite conversations with the same few parents seemingly without success.

All schools have yellow zig lines in front of them for a clear reason, SAFETY! Our children are small and very precious! They cannot see around parked cars easily so the front of our school must be kept clear during school run times. I am not sending out this information to be awkward or unreasonable, please understand that this is a result of 15 weeks polite conversations and consequent frustration.

Parking on restricted areas or mounting the pavement is a traffic offence. Yellow zig-zag lines outside schools indicate the length of road where stopping or waiting is strictly prohibited. Our school also has an upright sign indicating a mandatory prohibition of stopping anywhere in the bus area. Parking in front of our school during school run times is both dangerous and inconsiderate!

Please DO

• Try to make these initiatives work for the benefit of Pupil Safety, local Residents and yourselves. .
• Leave plenty of time for your planned journey
• Try to leave your car at home as much as possible and walk instead.

Please DON’T

• Rush to arrive just before or at school class opening times, give your children time to interact with their friends before school starts!
• Stop on the Zig-Zag and yellow line markings.
• Park or drive on the pavements, double park or obstruct the residents’ driveways.

If you have any comments about parking around the school, on our Parking Initiatives or of course have genuine problems bringing your children to school please contact myself or Miss Hiley our school Pastoral Support Worker.

Let’s please come back in the New Year with a resolution to keep our children safe.

Thank you for your support and I wish everyone a very happy Christmas and wonderful New Year.

Mrs Angela Clark

Head of School