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1 School details Name of school Grayrigg Church of England Primary School DfES school reference no. 909/3361 Type of school Primary Number on roll 41 (there are no children with special needs) Number of staff 2 full time and 8 part-time (it is highly recommended that a supplementary Travel Plan for staff and other school users is developed) Age range of pupils 4-11 School contact details Head teacher Mrs Denise Gallagher Address Grayrigg, Kendal, Cumbria Postcode LA8 9BU Telephone number 01539 824676 Fax 01539 824676 Email address [email protected] Website www.grayrigg.cumbria.sch.uk Working group contact Name Mrs Dawn Kelly Address (if different to above) Hill View, Grayrigg LA8 9BU Telephone number 01539 824342 Email address [email protected] School situation and use Description of school locality/ catchment area Grayrigg School is a smaller than average Voluntary Aided Primary School situated in the village of Grayrigg. on the A685 approx 5 miles North of Kendal. The school is located in the centre of the small village next to the main road. The catchment area is predominantly rural, however a number of children attend the school from outside the DfES catchment area. The nearest railway station is at Kendal about 5 miles away. There is an infrequent bus service that passes the school between Kendal and Penrith but it goes through the village not around it and is of no use to the children who majoritively live in farms scattered around the village.

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Facilities (e.g. playground, car park, sports hall, We have a lay by at the front of school which is used for staff parking community centre) during term time. Behind the school we have a large tarmac playground with play markings, a playing field, play area and a small vegetable plot all overlooking open countryside. Grayrigg Coronation Hall, which is situated on the opposite side of the main road is used for indoor P.E and other lessons as necessary. This means that teachers have to take the children across the busy main road. Grayrigg Church is also used to hold school concerts . Children travel weekly into Kendal by coach for swimming lessons at the Leisure Centre, and for PE at one of our catchment secondary schools - The Queen Katherine School . Number of entrances 2 pedestrian and 2 vehicular. vehicle/pedestrian Core school times 08:30am - 3:30pm Other uses (e.g. extra curricular/community After school clubs till 4.30pm at specific times of year. Village children access) use school grounds after

Aims This Travel Plan specifically aims at reducing car journeys to and from school, and reducing/preventing casualties on these journeys. 1) Improve safety on the journey to and from school (See Objectives number 2, 3 and 4.) (See action plan for education & training) 2) Equip everyone with the knowledge and skills needed to walk, cycle and use public transport safely. ( See objectives number 2, 3 and 4. ) (See action plan for education & training) 3) To increase awareness amongst pupils, staff and parents about the environmental, safety health and social consequences of their travel choices. (See objective number 5) (See action plan for education & training) 4) To reduce congestion, pollution, traffic danger and road casualty figures around the school.(See objective number 6) (See action plan for long term road engineering targets)

Objectives (see notes for examples) 1) Set up a School Travel Plan Working Party by September 2008 2) Provide cycle training for Y4 & Y5 and deliver this training annually. (See Aims number 1 and 2.) (See action plan for education & training) 3) Continue to deliver cycling proficiency for Y6 children in July of each year. (See Aim number 2.) (See action plan for education & training) 4) Provide road safety awareness training for the whole school and have this training annually preferably October each year. (See Aim number 2.) (See action plan for education & training) 5) Integrate BWTS into the curriculum through citizenship, S.E.A.L etc. (See Aim number 3.) (See action plan for education & training) 6) Actively encourage car sharing whenever possible (See Aim number 4.) (See action plan for promotion/publicity targets) 7) Involve and engage the whole school, community and parishes in BWTS. (See aim number 3.) (See action plan for promotion/publicity targets) (See action plan for additional targets)

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2 Working party - to develop and implement the plan Names of people in the working party could include: Co-ordinator (main school contact), Pupils, Staff, Governors, Parents, BWTS Capita Contact, County/Local/Parish Council- lors, Police, Outside Agencies, Local bus operator, Members of local community.

Names, Positions and Responsibilities of working party members Mrs Denise Gallagher - headteacher - Travel Plan Co-ordinator Mrs Dawn Kelly - Parent and Governor - responsible for collating plan Mrs Rose Thompson - Governor - governor representative Mr Tony Womack - Parent and representative of Friends of Grayrigg School - working party member Mrs Rachael Dodgson - Parent - working party member Mrs Diane Potter - Parent - working party member Mrs Lynda Halliwell - Staff and Parent - working party member Pam Edmondson - Better Ways to School Advisor - Travel plan advice

How were people consulted? (e.g. working party meetings, surveys of pupils and staff, newsletters) A letter was sent to parents following the initial meeting (4/7/08) with BWTS advisor, informing them about BWTS and inviting them to join a working party. (copy attached) A parent survey was sent out to families in July 2008, of which 16 were returned, representing 22 pupils. Children were consulted through an online survey and also in the route plotting surveys. Staff completed an on-line survey in September 2008. Working party meetings took place on 9/9/08,23/9/08.30/9/08, 4/11/08. A standard letter was sent out to representatives of various organisations within the village inviting them to join the working party. These organisations included the Church Council, the Parish Meeting, Ladybirds Toddler Group, the Coronation Hall Committee, Young Farmers , Friends of Grayrigg School, Grayrigg Good Neighbours.(copy attached)

3 Survey & route plotting carried out Please attach survey results and analysis from BWTS website and keep a record of survey/route plotting Baseline Data Survey

How do you travel to and from school? Date of No. of Bus Car/Van Car Share Cycling Rail Walk Other Year Survey Pupils no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % 2008 02 Jun 2008 39 13 33% 17 44% 1 3% 0 0% 0 0% 6 15% 2 5%

How would you like to travel to and from school? Date of No. of Bus Car/Van Car Share Cycling Rail Walk Other Year Survey Pupils no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % 2008 July 2008 24 2 8% 2 8% 0 0% 12 50% 1 4% 7 30% 0 0%

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Notes Only pupils in Y3-Y6 were asked about how they would like to travel to and from school. The figure in other relates to children who travel to school by Taxi provided by Cumbria County Council. Bus relates to mini bus transport provided by CCC, and not public transport.

Route Plotting (Primary: Year 5 or Secondary: Year 7) Year Date of route plotting Year Groups No. of Pupils 2008 10/06/08 4 & 5 15

Route Plotting Notes (e.g. comments made by pupils / any results found) Route plotting results for Grayrigg CE Primary School The children mapped their routes to school and were asked to write down what they thought about their journey to school and what improvements or changes they thought they would like to see to make their journey safer and although the majority of them walked to school, to encourage more people to use sustainable transport to get to school. Here are some of the things they came up with: · Too much traffic. · The traffic is too fast, signs are needed to tell cars to slow down and ‘slow down’ painted on the road. · 30mph speed limit should be observed. · Cycle training in year 5. · The children would like cycle storage as they would like to cycle to school. · Those who have to come by car should car share with others who live in their area. · On foggy mornings vehicles don’t always put lights on and the children can’t see them coming. · There should be signs to warn motorists of cyclists and people walking in the road. · There should be buses at the right times so people can use them to get to school. · The teachers should car share. · We need a speed camera outside school or a sid.

Add any additional local information known to the school (e.g. where pupils travel in from, particularly if travelling in by bus)

Notes A number of children attend school using transport provided by CCC, this includes mini buses and taxis. Children attend our school from Kendal, Sedbergh, Beckfoot, Patton as well as from our village and surrounding hamlets. The children who travel by car from Kendal are unable to car share as there are no spare seats in their cars. Teachers are unable to car share due to their location and different working patterns. The nearest railway station to Grayrigg is the branch line at Kendal. The closest main line station is Oxenholme. This makes travelling to school by train not possible.

4 Summary of transport and road safety problems (Current problems on routes to the school, and reasons preventing sustainable travel to school)

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All the following issues were consistently identified on the parent surveys as reasons why parents would not change the way their children are brought to school: 1. A685 too dangerous due to speeding/inconsiderate motorists. 2. Speeding traffic through the village and on the country lanes. 3. No paths or pavements on some routes to school. 4. Sparsely populated rural area - some pupils live too far from school to walk. 5. Lack of public transport at school times - (see bus timetable attached to the report) 6. Too young to walk/cycle. 7. Too many children to car share - cars are at full capacity. 8. Condition of roads/verges/hedges, in summer after the hedges and verges are cut, the roads are not swept putting cyclists at risk of punctures. 9. Narrow country lanes which are undulating and sometimes do not lead directly to school preventing independant walking/cycling. 10. Livestock out on road. 11. The weather! 12. The roads around the school are single track with no street lights, the roads narrow in places with lots of bends, high hedges and very little passing places - there is not very much space available when a large tractor is heading towards you. In addition the national speed limit applies to these lanes (60mph). In December a number of parents contacted me to express their concerns about the very icy conditions on the U5291 U5292 and C5069. These roads don’t get gritted and there are no salt bins at the top and bottom of the steep blind hills. The problem has been reported to the council but the situation has not changed. This has caused various problems including the school bus to be over an hour late to school and unable to collect all pupils on route, and parents stuck in cars for lengthy periods of time with their children on icy single track roads waiting for some help.In addition to this, these parents have also walked with their children to school even though it was very icy under foot, for some it took about an hour to get there, and then they found that they were walking them home in the dark.

5 Working party recommendations for action Measures the school would like to see happen e.g. cycle storage N.B. There are no guarantees that these recommendations will be actioned. Advice should be taken from a BWTS adviser on completing this section.

Administration: set up a school travel plan working party - monitor and update annually. Include STP in School Improvement Plan. Training: Cyclewise training and pedestrian road safety training to continue on an annual basis, cycling profiency to continue. Continue to provide reflective vests for the children who walk to school during the winter months. Consultation: Engage the Community, parents, children and governors in the school travel plan. Promotion: Promote the choices available in getting to and from school, promote the use of helmets and safety clothing. Initiatives: Investigate costs and feasibility of installing flashing speed indicators, additional road markings (more double white lines, rumble strips) and better signage. We need police enforcement help re vehicles speeding on the main road through the village

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6 Targets - specific % targets for modal shift by yearly review date

Year 2008 Baseline Data i.e. Target percentage Mode of Travel original survey % for following year Bus 33% sustain at 36% Car/Van 44% decrease to 38% Car Share 3% increase to/sustain at 6% Cycle 0% increase to 0% Rail 0% increase to/sustain at 0% Walk 15% increase to/sustain at 15%

Notes Overwhelming opinion is that the nature of the roads in the vicinity of the school preclude children walking or cycling safely. Given that theses road hazards cannot be mitigated, it would be inappropriate and unsafe to target an increase in walking and cycling. Consequently modal shifts will be modest: Bus - increase by 3% - by encouraging bus use when possible. Car/Van decrease by 6% Car Share increase by 3% - by encouraging car sharing. Cycle - This is considered unsafe at the present time. Walk - As there are less children in the village at the moment this figure remains the same. The numbers only add up to 95% total as there are 5% which use the ’other’ transport and are brought to school by taxi’s provided because of the unsafe routes.

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7 Action Plan Education and training targets (e.g. Primary: pedestrian skills training / Secondary: teenage cycle training) Measure Year group Number Date Action by Notes & comments Pedestrian Training all 41 Sept 08 F Hanson Improve pedestrian skills and awareness of hazards. Playground Cycle Skills training Y4/Y5 9 Sept 08 Cyclewise ltd Improve basic cycle skills and awareness so that children are more competent when eventually cycling on the road. Teach them about helmets and safety. Cycling Proficiency Y6 6 July 09 R Thompson(Governor) Cycling skills on local roads - raise awareness of safety issues. Continue running this annually with Y6 pupils. Curriculum links with school travel plan all 41 on-going Staff Road Safety/S.E.A.L/ Citizenship/Geography/Maths. Public Transport awareness for Y6 pupils Y6 6 July 09 School Y6 plan route and travel it with low profile supervision, in preparation for when they move on to secondary school. Provide Road Safety education for the whole school all 41 Oct/Nov School Children given reflective badges. Reinforecement about road safety carried out in assemblies. Be Safe be seen campaign.

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7 Action Plan School based engineering targets (e.g. cycle storage) Completed? Measure Cost Timescale Action by Notes & comments (month/year)

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7 Action Plan Long term road engineering targets Action by Completed? Measure Cost Timescale Notes & comments e.g. traffic engineer (month/year) Speed Indicators installed in village Summer 2010 V Lepper Highways engineer to advise May have to involve community and organise fund-raising events to support this. Waiting for costings from CCC. investigate more suitable road markings along Summer 2009 V Lepper Highways engineer to advise A area action study has been carried out by CCC A685 (more double white lines) and we are awaiting the findings. Better Signage in village of speed limit and location Autumn 2009 V Lepper Highways engineer to advise Road markings indicating 30mph are to be of school installed on the carriageway at the speed limit signs. This is in addition to our travel plan. Road Narrowing lines to slow the traffic down Summer 2010 V Lepper Highways engineer to advise this is not recommeded for our village. We are installed in the village waiting to be told why as Highways suggested it to us. High Visability backing to road signs where £300 Autumn 2009 V Lepper Highways engineer to advise Provided no new posts are required. appropriate School flashing lights which work Autumn 2009 V Lepper Highways engineer to advise On-going problems with the warning lights in both directions. CCC Highways are dealing with this. Red Road Markings SLOW £700 Summer 2010 V Lepper Highways engineer to advise These colud be placed on the approach to school alerting drivers to its presence.

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7 Action Plan Promotional / Publicity targets (e.g. newsletters) Measure Date Action by Notes & comment Include BWTS article in the Grapevine ( parish newsletter) March 09 Working Party Highlight BWTS to the community and request help and consideration with safe driving Promote BWTS in local paper March 09 Working Party Request help and consideration with safe driving through the village and on the A685. Regular items in the school newsletter/website/ presenation to parents February 09 Working Party To keep parents informed and uptodate on progress. Include School Travel Plan in the School Improvement Plan Sept 08 Governing Body Make sure the travel plan is seen as an ongoing process and is embedded within the schools long term plans. Police Enforcement help with speeding motorists outside school Jan 09 Working Party This is not available at this time.

Additional targets / action taken by school (e.g. walking bus, walk to school week, increase car sharing) Actions / Activities Date Action by Notes & comment Review School Travel Plan annually Sept 09 Working Party Repeat survey and review plan - make further improvments and ensure that the travel plan is a working document. Liase with the Parish Council and local Parishes Sept 08 Working Party Invite them to come to meetings, even though the main objective is BWTS, this has an impact on the safety of the whole community.

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8 Review of Targets This Travel Plan will be a working document and will be reviewed and updated annually by the working group. The school will complete the survey annually to assess any modal shift which may have occurred. Survey Results

How do you travel to and form school?

Total Date of Bus Car/Van Car Share Cycling Rail Walk No. of survey Pupils no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % Baseline 2008 39 39 33% 17 44% 1 3% 0 0% 0 0% 6 15% Yearly target % 14 36% 15 38% 2 6% 0 0% 0 0% 6 15% Baseline 2009 Yearly target % Baseline 2010 Yearly target %

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Cycle Count Date of count Measure Date of count Cycle count Cycle count before Implemented after September 2008 0 Roads are not safe to encourage children to cycle to school at present.

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10 Monitoring training All activities/training/improvements will be recorded and monitored and notes will be added to the Travel Plan each time something is done.

Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Activity (e.g. Yeargroup Number Yeargroup Number Yeargroup Number Yeargroup Number Yeargroup Number cycling proficiency) Cycling Proficiency Y6 7 Cycle Training Y4 & Y5 9 Pedestrian Training Reception - Y6 41

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11 Comments & notes Please include any photographic or informal records of activities, and achievements; and include details of any publicity gained. Add details of relevant national awards given to / working towards.

KS2 children recently entered a competition to design a cycle helmet as part of the road safety campaign. All children have been given road safety booklets. A presentation of Better Ways to School and our School Travel Plan was delivered to the Governing Body on 26/11/08 and will be presented to parents and the Community in January. (copy attached) We are currently working towards the Healthy Schools programme, and we take part in the fruit and milk scheme for schools. In 2007 the school was awarded the activemark for commitment to school sport and encouraging pupils to participate in after school sport clubs. An overview has also been given to the Annual Parish Council Meeting, who are also supportive of this scheme. (see attached letter) Attachments also include: A copy of the bus timetable from Kendal to Penrith and Penrith to Kendal- school starts at 08:45am and ends at 3:15pm, but there are no suitable buses at either time. If there were, staff and children would have the choice of using them. On the route from Kendal to Grayrigg, there is only bus stop this is in Grayrigg next to the school. On the way into Kendal from Grayrigg, there are two bus stops - one opposite the school and one on the A685 just before the turnings to Mealbank and Oxenholme. A map which shows where children travel to school from, how many from each location and the mode of transport used to get to school and location of bus stops. Photographs are attached of the village which show the poor visability of road signs and of the school for motorists travelling from Kendal and Tebay on the A685. Photographs showing children using the road markings in the playground for role play. Photographs showing cycle training of Y6 children are attached. Minutes of the Working Party Meetings. Extracts from Governing Body Minutes. A map showing the catchment area for Grayrigg School. Example of survey sent out to Parents Better Ways to School display in school hall.

12 Signed agreement

b Grayrigg Church of England School

agrees to this School Travel Plan, to undertake its objectives, and to review the Travel Plan on an annual basis. This review will also consider pupil travel needs arising from new developments in education and transport provision, and the STP will be revised as necessary to take these in to account.

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Signatures

Headteacher Name: Mrs D Gallagher

Signed:

Date:

Chair of Governors Name: Rev. N Davies

Signed:

Date:

Director / Deputy Director of Highways Name:

Signed:

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Director / Deputy Director of Education Name:

Signed:

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BWTS Coordinator Name:

Signed: Date:

Thank you for completing this School Travel Plan.

Please give details of the nominated person who will be responsible for the annual review of the School Travel Plan:

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