Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School Headteacher: Mr A Wood BA (Oxon), PGCE, MBA, NPQH Woods Avenue, Hatfield, Herts AL10 8NL T: 01707 275331 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bishophatfield.herts.sch.uk

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7th September 2020

Drop Off/Pick Up/Local Transport Dear Parents/Carers,

Thank you to those parents/carers who have followed our request not to use the road immediately outside school to pick up their daughters at the end of the school day. Unfortunately we still have a number of parents/carers who are continuing to use this stretch of road to collect their daughter. This has been causing significant congestion and disruption and is occasionally dangerous. In particular, please do not park in or across the driveway immediately opposite our exit gate. This is the driveway for Southfield School, a special primary school for children with learning difficulties. Many of the pupils there require special transportation and so anyone blocking access can cause great difficulties and distress.

As previously mentioned, if you do have to collect your daughter by car, please make use of quieter sections of road or public car parks. Just a few minutes walk for your daughter will almost certainly lead to you getting away faster than if you use the road outside school. Please note that there is a pupil gate on Briar’s Lane that is open before and after school; pupils can access this by walking past the courts at the far end of the Sports Hall.

A reminder that there are now additional local buses that have been put on specifically for school children travelling to/from Hatfield:

● For travel from there will be additional journeys on service 610 at 07.50 Potters Bar – Hatfield Business Park and 15.10 Hatfield Business Park – Potters Bar. These will be operated by and will be identified as open to schoolchildren only. ● Arriva plan to run duplicate journeys where necessary as follows: S302 07.25 Garden City Bus Station – (via Hatfield Town Centre 07.51) S301 15.23 Hatfield Town Centre, Market Place (Stop V) – S302 07.20 – Hatfield Town Centre (arrive 08.31) S302 15.06 Hatfield Town Centre, Gracemead (Stop U) – Hemel Hempstead These buses will also be for school children only.

We are proud of the positive relationship we have with the local community and would ask that all parents/carers show consideration and care for them.

Yours sincerely,

Mr A Wood Headteacher

"This is an OUTSTANDING school" - Ofsted 2016