Travel Plan for your school
1 School details
Name of school Chetwynde School
DfES school reference no. 9096025
Type of school Independent School
Number on roll 436
Number of staff 45 (it is highly recommended that a supplementary Travel Plan for staff and other school users is developed)
Age range of pupils 3 – 18 years School contact details
Head teacher Mrs I Nixon
Address Rating Lane Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria
Postcode LA13 0NY
Telephone number 01229 824210
Fax 01229 871440
Email address [email protected]
Website
Working group contact
Name Mr M Boyd
Address (if different to above)
Telephone number
Email address School situation and use
Description of school locality/ Chetwynde is an Independent School based in Barrow, it has a catchment area catchement area of Barrow Town itself, surrounding villages, Dalton Town, Ulverston Town, the Lake District and West Coast of Cumbria
Facilities (e.g. playground, car park, 2 Playgrounds, Sports Hall, Playing Fields sports hall, community centre)
Number of entrances, 2 Vehicular, 3 Pedestrian vehicle/pedestrian
Core school times 8.40 am to 3.30 pm – Primary, 8.40 am to 3.55 pm Senior & 6 th Form
Other uses (e.g. extra After School Clubs: Cricket, Football, Netball, Drama Academy curricular/community access)
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Aims This Travel Plan specifically aims at reducing car journeys to and from school, and reducing/preventing casualties on these journeys.
• To improve pupils’ health and fitness. • To improve road and personal safety awareness. • To contribute to pupils’ health and personal development by encouraging increased levels of walking and cycling. • To equip pupils with knowledge and skills needed to walk, cycle and use public transport safely. • To engender a responsibility attitude, in all members of the School community, towards the safety of themselves and others using the road. • To increase the numbers of pupils participating in road safety education.
Signatures Objectives (see notes for examples)
• Set up a School Travel Plan Steering Group. • Integrate sustainable and healthy travel issues into the curriculum i.e. safe route plotting in geography, survey analysis in computing and pedestrian skills training in PHSE. • Increase cycling facilities. • Provide cycle training. • Provide pedestrian training. • Produce a Drivers Code of Practice. • Pre-driver training which emphasizes responsible driving and the principles of sustainability. • Introduce Junior Road Safety Officers Scheme.
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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 Councillors, Police, Outside Agencies, Local bus operator, Members of local community.
Name Position Responsibility within working party
Mrs I Nixon School Head Teacher Working Party Member Mr M Boyd Primary Head Teacher School Contact Mr K Hanson Road Safety Officer Cycling & Pedestrian Education Mrs F Hanson BWTS Advisor Travel Plan Compilation
How were people consulted? (e.g. working party meetings, surveys of pupils and staff, newsletters)
Emails, telephone calls, Working Party Meetings, Route Plotting, On-line Survey, PHSE, Geography, Computing integration through skills training and on-line survey, Drivers Code of Practice.
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?
Bus Car/Van Car Cycling Rail Walk Other Date of No. of Year Share survey Pupils no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. %
2006 01/2/06 326 3 1 192 59 54 17 13 4 2 1 40 12 22 6
How would you like to travel to and from school?
Bus Car/Van Car Cycling Rail Walk Other Date of No. of Year Share survey Pupils no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. %
2006 01/2/06 310 17 6 92 30 17 5 94 31 14 4 37 12 39 12
Notes
As this is an Independent School with a very wide and varied catchment area it will be extremely difficult to change the most prevalent form of travel. Education is seen as the best way forward and this will take place through PHSE lessons and the Road Safety Training provide through Better Ways to School.
Route Plotting (Primary: Year 5 or Secondary: Year 7)
Year Date of route plotting Year Groups No. of Pupils
2006 01/02/06 3 & 8 57
Travel Plan for you Route Plotting Notes
Children do not stop, look, listen and think, when they cross the road. They driveway up to Chetwynde is considered to be dangerous for pedestrians, as it is narrow, has no footway and is used as a car park for vehicles on the left hand side. Vehicles speed on Abbey Road. Children experience bullying and abusive language from other pupils of surrounding schools, when walking and riding the public bus to school. People are seen not wearing their seatbelts. A lot of pupils share vehicles with their siblings. Children who live locally would like to cycle to school if there was suitable storage. Most children would like to have further cycle training. Rating Lane becomes congested at the beginning and end of the school day. Girls think that the long skirts of their uniform would seriously hamper cycling mobility. Children think that the speed cushions on Rating Lane are zebra crossing points. Children think it’s healthier to walk to school because it causes less pollution.
Add any additional local information known to the school
Notes
The School shares the immediate surrounding area with a Senior School and a 6 th Form College, all of these establishments have their main entrances off Rating Lane, due to this there is a large mixture of public transport, private vehicles and pedestrians. Speed humps and cushions were installed approximately four years ago, in an effort to slow traffic and increase safety. Traffic has slowed but this has no effect on the amount of vehicles present.
4 Summary of transport and road safety problems (Current problems on routes to the school, and reasons preventing sustainable travel to school)
More children could possibly travel to school on public transport but unfortunately Chetwynde’s School uniform attracts bullying, both physical and verbal.
Due to the Independent nature of the School, most pupils travel a distance of more than 3 miles; this means that vehicle journeys are inevitable. Car sharing has been tried by the School but was unsuccessful.
A private School bus would be beneficial and the local transport company Stagecoach has been approached, they are unfortunately not interested, or unable to, in any subsidized rates or funding.
A location was searched for to enable ‘park and stride’ or a walking bus, again unfortunately no suitable locus could be found within walking distance.
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5 Working party recommendations for action N.B. There are no guarantees that these recommendations will be actioned. Advice should be taken from a BWTS adviser on completing this section.
Pedestrian training to be given to primary school pupils. Cycling proficiency to be offered to years 5 and 6. Pre-driver training to be given to years 10 and 11. Cycle storage for 20 cycles to be obtained. Hi-visibility bibs to be procured for primary school. Junior Road Safety Officers scheme to be introduced in the primary school. A wet pour, road themed, playground surface, designed by a local artist to include a zebra crossing, to be laid. The idea of a cycle club to be investigated. A Drivers Code of Practice to be sent out to all parents.
6 Targets - specific % targets for modal shift by yearly review date Year 200
Baseline Data i.e. Target percentage Mode of Travel original survey % for following year
Bus 1% Sustain at 1%
Car/Van 59% Decrease to 55%
Car Share 17% Sustain at 17%
Cycle 4% Increase to 10%
Rail 1% Sustain at 1%
Walk 12% Increase to 16%
Notes
It is hope with the improved cycle storage and the setting up of a possible cycle club these measures will encourage pupils to cycle to school and will also give parents a more confident outlook. The 4% decrease in vehicle journeys would be made up of the increased walking and cycling. Please note that the baseline survey percentages do not add up to 100% due to the ‘other’ travel modes not being listed.
7 Action plan Education and training targets (e.g. Primary: pedestrian skills training / Secondary: teenage cycle training)
Completed? Measure Year group Number Cost Date Action by Notes (month / year)
Successful candidates Cycling Year 5 – Sep 06 Mr K Hanson - Road will receive nationally 5 & 6 58 Nil Proficiency Year 6 – June 06 Safety Officer recognized badges & certificates
Inside & outside Pedestrian Mr K Hanson - Road Primary School 127 Nil Feb & Apr 06 practical training & Training Safety Officer education
7 Action plan School based engineering targets (e.g. cycle storage)
Completed? Measure Cost Date Action by Notes (month / year)
Cycle storage needed to Mrs F Hanson - BWTS Cycle Storage £6,715 Sep 2006 encourage pupils to cycle to Advisor school
Playground Road Mrs F Hanson - BWTS Design to be used in education £3,500 Feb 2007 Design Advisor and training
7 Action plan Long term Road engineering targets
Action by Date approved by Completed? Measure Cost Time scale Notes e.g. traffic engineer CCC committee (month / year)
7 Action plan Promotional / Publicity targets (N.B. Evidence can be recorded in Section 11)
Completed? Measure Year group Number Cost Date Action by Notes (month / year)
Mrs F Hanson - Used to promote walking to Hi-visibility Bibs Primary 147 £1,565.55 Sep 2006 BWTS Advisor school safely
7 Action plan Additional targets / Action taken by the school
Completed? Measure Year group Number Cost Date Action by Notes (month / year)
JRSO’s to be contact Junior Road Mr K Hanson - between School and RSO Safety Officers 5 2 Nil Introduction 2006 Road Safety and other emergency (JRSO) Officer services on road safety matters.
JRSO Wipe Whole Mrs F Hanson - 1 £46.15 Sep 2006 To display JRSO information Board School BWTS Advisor
Mrs F Hanson - Drivers Code of Whole BWTS Advisor Information for parents on 394 Nil April 2006 Practice Leaflet School / Mr M Boyd - parking etiquette School
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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 from school?
Total Car Date of Bus Car/Van Cycling Rail Walk No. of Share survey Pupils no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. %
Baseline: 2006 01/2/06 326 3 1 192 59 54 17 13 4 2 1 40 12
Yearly Target % 3 1 180 55 54 17 33 10 2 1 53 16
Baseline: 200
Yearly Target %
Baseline: 200
Yearly Target %
Additional Targets
Actions/Activities Dates (e.g. walking bus, reduces truancy)
Cycle club to encourage cycling, which will include Feb 2007 safety training
9 Cycle count The school is to take a cycle count before and after any improvements to cycle facilities are made. It is also recommended that a cycle count is taken before and after provision of any other measures such as training to show effects.
Cycle Count
Date of count Measure Date of count Cycle count Cycle count before Implemented after
27/03/06 9
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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year Year Year Year Year Activity Number Number Number Number Number Group Group Group Group Group
Cycling Proficiency 5
Cycling Proficiency 6
Primary Pedestrian Skills Training 127 School
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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.
A Drivers Code of Practice to be designed by the School, to provide safe parking information, to be sent out to all parents.
Primary School children to receive pedestrian skills training, provided by the Road Safety Officer.
Cycling Proficiency to be offered to years 5 and 6.
The Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO’s) scheme to be introduced in the School. Two pupils from year 5 to be chosen. JRSO’s will be liaison contacts on road safety problems and ideas, between the School, the Road Safety Officer and the emergency services.
Cycle storage to be obtained, to encourage more children to cycle to School.
A playground road topping, to be designed by the school with the help of a local artist, to be laid. This will then be used as an educational aid for the younger children for road safety.
The possibility of a cycle club to be investigated.
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12 Signed agreement
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.
Signatures
Headteacher Name:
Signed:
Date:
Chair of Governors Name:
Signed:
Date:
Area Engineer Name: Cumbria County Council
Signed:
Date:
BWTS Coordinator Name:
Signed:
Date:
Signatures 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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Timetabled procedure for developing your School Travel Plan Deadline Date Action Guidance
End of April • Meet BWTS Adviser • This group will lead the Travel Plan project. Others may join through the • Set up Travel Plan Working Party consultation process End of May • Pupils to plot routes to school (route • Led by class teachers and BWTS plotting) and have input on routes to adviser school – master map created End of June • Whole school & staff survey – data • On line survey on travel modes collection to show baseline figures at www.bwts.net – to be completed every the start of the project year End of Summer Term • Collate results from the survey • Results obtained directly from website www.bwts.net • Organise Working Party meeting • This should be the full working party dates for the Autumn Term including BWTS Adviser
September • Working Group meeting – to discuss • This information will be written up and survey results, establish travel issues put into the Travel Plan. The BWTS and identify initiatives Adviser will attend
• Feedback to Governors, staff, • Use school assemblies, school parents, pupils, local residents and council, notice boards, newsletters interested parties and meetings to feedback to the whole community – it is more effective if change comes from within the school October • Working party meeting to formalise • Complete Action Plan in template the action plan – the timetable for your initiatives
• Start drafting the Travel Plan document By 10 November • Submit draft Travel Plan to BWTS • Details will be finalised and scrutinised adviser with visits and advice from the BWTS team/engineers 1 December • Travel Plan complete & with BWTS adviser End of Autumn Term • Travel Plan to be formally adopted • Approved by the Governors and signed by the Chair of Governors, Headteacher, Area Engineer and BWTS Adviser– submitted to CCC & DfT to access funding Spring & Summer • Integrate sustainable travel/road • This may include education & training, Term safety into the curriculum and put into promotional activities & national practice any soft measures to initiatives encourage walking and cycling.
• Review and record initiatives and update action plan for next year June • Repeat whole school survey on • School Travel Plan actions/targets are BWTS website ongoing and can change as the plan develops