Ellenborough & Ewanrigg School Travel Plan

2008-2009

Contents page

1. School details Page 3

2. W orking party – to develop and implement the plan Page 6

3. Survey and route plotting carried out Page 7

4. Summary of transport and road safety problems Page 9

5. W orking party recommendations for action Page 10

6. Targets – specific % targets for modal shift by yearly review date Page 10

7. Action plans Page 11

8. Review of targets Page 15

9. Cycle count Page 16

10. Monitoring training Page 17

11. Comments and notes Page 18

12. Signed agreement Page 19

2 1 School details

DCSF school reference number 909/2124

Type of school Infant school

Number on roll (including no. of SEN pupils 66 (2 Children with Statements - children at school action; 10 with a brief description of subsequent impact on Children at School Action +) One of the children with the statements travel) has a physical and medical disability. Number of staff (It is highly recommended that a supplementary 16 Travel Plan for staff and other school users is developed) Age range of pupils 3-7 years

School contact details

Head teacher Mrs. Wendy Hazzard

Address Victory Crescent, ,

Postcode CA15 7NE Telephone number 01900 812931 Fax 01900 812931

Email address [email protected]

Website ellbra-ewan.cumbria.sch.uk

Working group contact

Name Mrs. Wendy Hazzard

School situation and use Description of school locality/ This school is situated on the outskirts of the town of Maryport on catchment area and current transport the west coast of the Lake District National Park. It is a small school links (e.g. bus services/cycle routes) with the number on roll being 66. Most of the children travel to school on foot from the surrounding Ellenborough and Ewanrigg housing estate. Some children travel to school from the town of Maryport and they generally travel by car. The community in which the children live has high levels of social and economic disadvantages and many children face significant barriers to learning. The number of children with statements of special educational needs is high for the size of the school and one child is registered disabled.

The nearest train station is Maryport which provides a link along the west coast of Cumbria with . It would not be necessary for the children to use the train to travel to school unless they were travelling from another town along the cumbrian coast. There is a bus route around the school area but it is not necessary for the children to use the bus route as it does not come directly along the school road, however some children who have to travel from town could with adult supervision use the bus service but it is limited. See below a map of the bus routes around Maryport.

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Use (e.g. playground, car park, entrances, There are two entrances to the school. One entrance situated to the school crossing patrol) rear of the school is for pedestrian access only. It is protected during school hours by a gate which is locked once the parents have left in the morning and opened each evening to enable parents to collect their children. The main entrance to the school has a pedestrian and vehicular access. The access and parking for vehicles is very limited. The car park accommodates approx. 10 cars. Pedestrian access is separated from the car park by a railing and children and adults walk into school along the footpath. There are two separate gates at this entrance one for pedestrians and one for vehicles. The road outside the school is a traffic calmed area and there are speed humps in the road immediately outside the school. There are zig zag markings outside the school to prevent traffic parking around the entrances to the school. The school has two large playgrounds which are both well equipped with outdoor playing facilities. One playground is more suitable for younger children (Foundation Stage) and one for the older children (Key Stage 1). The school has just started a healthy breakfast club where the parents can drop off their children at 8.15 a.m. We currently run after school clubs staffed by members of staff in school on Mondays and Tuesdays from 3.00p.m. to 3.45p.m.

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Foundation S tage Playground A rea

G ardening A rea at rear of school

Entrance to S chool

Aims

The main aims of our travel plan are:

To increase the proportion of school journeys undertaken on foot by all members of the school community to minimize the negative environmental impact of school travel.

To equip pupils with the knowledge and skills needed to walk to school safely.

To contribute to pupils’ health and personal development by encouraging increased levels of walking and cycling so that they can carry such habits into adulthood.

5 Objectives

• S et up and sustain a school travel plan w orking party w ith annual m onitoring and review (7.5). • Increase travel and health aw areness and provide a travel to school noticeboard (7.1) (7.5). • Provide pedestrian training and basic road safety (7.1) (7.2). • Prom ote car sharing (7.4) • Publicise Better w ays T o S chool and inform the local com m unity. (7.4) • Encourage children to w ear high visibility jackets or carry high visibility book bags on w alking journeys in the dark (7.5). • Im prove road safety around the school and on the children’s routes to school (7.5). • Incorporate and integrate sustainable and healthy travel issues in the curriculum (7.5). • In consultation w ith parents and the local com m unity petition the H ighw ays departm ent concerning the gritting of roads and pathw ays on the routes around school (7.5). • Prom ote and increase w alking to school (7.4). • Prom ote the travel plan in school assem blies, induction days, in the school prospectus (7.5).

2 W orking party – to develop and implement the plan

Name Position Responsibility within working party

M rs. W endy H azzard H eadteacher Coordinator M em bers of the S chool Council Pupils Pupil Link M rs. Karen A nderson T eaching A ssistant S taff Link M rs. J ulie Pearson Learning M entor/G overnor G overnor Link M rs. S ue Chapm an Chair of G overnors G overnor M rs. Pam ela H olt Parent Parent Link M iss A bigail D ow son BW T S advisor A dvisor link

How were people consulted? (e.g. working party meetings, surveys of pupils and staff, newsletters)

Name/position Subject/how the consultation took place Date Appendix no.

Parents Parents w ere given a questionnaire survey to com plete 21.11.08 i – return by 21.11.08 W orking Party W orking Party Initial M eeting – M inutes 5.12.08 ii W orking Party M eeting - M inutes 19.1.09 iv S taff/Pupils O n Line S urvey com pleted to analyse travel m odes to 20.11.08 iii and from school – Results S urvey to Request Participation in N ational Cam paign 23.2.09 v for ‘W alk T o S chool’ – A pplication from to request Participation G overnors G overnors consulted/Inform ed about the progress of 20.1.09 vi the w orking party/travel plan

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3 Survey and 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 school? Date of No. Bus Car/Van Car Share Cycling Rail Walk Other Year survey of (dd/mm) pupils No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No % No % 2008/ 04/11 46 0 0 17 37 4 9 0 0 0 0 25 54 0 0 09

How would you like to travel to school? Date of No. Bus Car/Van Car Share Cycling Rail Walk Other Year Survey of (dd/mm) pupils No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % 2008/ 04/11 46 0 0 16 35 5 11 0 0 0 0 25 54 0 0 09

Survey Notes Results of Surveys attached appendix iii Year 1 pupils- 67% of pupils walk to school (8 children) and 33% arrive by car (3 children). Year 2 pupils- 79% of pupils walk to school (15) with the remaining 11% arriving by car (2) or car share (2).

Staff- 73.3% of staff drive to school, 13.3% car share and a further 13.3% walk.

Add additional local information known to the school (e.g. where pupils travel in from, particularly if travelling in by bus) / details of other surveys carried out, as well as transport needs of pupils with SEN if applicable

Notes

There is one child in the school who has SEN transport needs. He comes to school by car and is escorted by his parents. The school has disabled access.

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4 Summary of transport and road safety problems

Current problems on routes to school, and reasons preventing sustainable travel to school, including how these problems have been identified and when:

• As many of the children walk to school the school has identified a need to purchase high visibility jackets for the children to wear on their routes to school and on school outings to make their presence more noticeable to motorists. Some children who have to walk longer distance to school have been provided with a high visibility jacket already in a trial. • The school does not generally experience congestion problems around the school. If we have particular problems with parking with regard to parents we usually speak to them on an individual basis and remind them of the parking restrictions on the school newsletter periodically. • The school encounters problems during icy weather when the roads around the school are not gritted as it is not a main road and therefore not a priority concern. The school has grit bins in the school grounds to grit the pathways around school but no external contractor provides gritting on adjacent roads. The county council have been notified by the school and by parents regarding the concern and we are awaiting a reply.

‘What we already do’, for example curriculum activities/WOW/road safety policy

• Road safety Policy (appendix iv) Outlines the school’s current practices and procedures for road safety and road safety on educational visits. Also included in this policy are the practices for transporting children on school trips. • Curriculum activities. The school incorporates road safety into the present curriculum. Annually the children receive a visit form the county road safety officer who outlines practices for road safety. The visit this year is booked for 11.3.09. The school also incorporates visits form the local police force that reinforces road safety as part of their remit. In foundation stage the children have a road safety kit which they use to reinforce their learning.

8 5 W orking party recommendations for action

• Education and promotional activities as part of the curriculum to encourage children to walk to school safely. E.g. pedestrian training, liaison with local police officer, road safety officer, healthy lifestyle etc (7.1) • Promote car sharing and walking and take part in any relevant schemes (7.4) • Publicise and embed the school travel plan in school policy (7.4/7.5) • Apply for DfT/DfES funding to fund walking schemes (7.5) • Apply for discounted high visibility jackets for children walking longer distances to school and for educational visits. (7.5) • Revisit, monitor and review travel plan annually (7.5)

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

Year 2008

Mode of Travel Baseline Data i.e. original survey % Target percentage for following year

Bus 0 0 Car/Van/taxi 37% 30% Car share 9% 15% Cycle 0 0 Rail 0 0 Walk 54% 55%

Notes In the original survey 7 children came to school by car and only 3 children shared a car. Through promoting car sharing and walking to school it is anticipated that the percentage of children sharing a car will increase by the end of the year. Most of the children in school walk to school as they live in the locality and it tends to be only the children who have longer distances to travel come by car including one disabled child. Therefore we only anticipate a slight increase in the number of children walking to school.

9 7 Action plans

7.1 Education and training planned (e.g. Primary: pedestrian skills training / Secondary: teenage cycle training)

Year Date Completed? Notes/success criteria and risks, including links to Measure Number Cost Action by group (dd.mm.yy) (month/year) objectives/targets and issues previously identified

Pedestrian Whole 65 Resourced 11.3.09 Head teacher Children are safer crossing the road and are able to Training School Including By Capita select crossing points – parents attend in order to 26 pt carry on training at later date nursery

Road safety talk Whole 65 NIL 3.11.08 Head teacher November 08 Raise awareness of walking to school from Community School Including & Staff Police 26 pt nursery

‘Walk To School Whole 65 NIL May Head teacher May 2009 Use the National Programme highlighted in the media Week’ School Including 2009 & Staff to encourage all children in school to walk to school Training of pupils 26 pt for the week. to walk to school nursery www.walktoschool.org.uk – National Programme

Pedestrian Whole 65 Local March Head teacher Highlight the safety issues in local press of children Training publicised School Including Newspaper 2009 & walking to school and the safety issues for parents in in local press 26 pt Local teaching their children to walk to school safely. nursery Reporter

10 7.2 School based engineering targets (e.g. cycle storage)

Date Completed? Notes/success criteria and risks, including links to objectives/targets Measure Cost Action by (dd.mm.yy) (month/year) and issues previously identified

Playground markings £1,000 Summer 09 Headteacher This will enable play and learning around a road safety theme. to show roads, junctions etc.

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Measure Time scale Action by Notes

Invite the local press into March 2009 W.Hazzard Following walking to school project (11.3.09) with ‘Capita’ promote and highlight the school to write a feature on safety issues in local press of children walking to school and the safety issues for ‘Walking to School’ parents in teaching their children to walk to school safely by inviting the local press into school to take photographs and write an article about ‘Walking to School’.

Be involved in and be active in May 2009 W.Hazzard Following walking to school project (May 2009) a national project; become involved any publicity for walk to Children with any publicity which is organised on a local level that promotes and highlights the school week to highlight/ Staff safety issues in local press of children walking to school and the safety issues for promote the scheme to Parents parents in teaching their children to walk to school safely. parents Local Press Walk to School co- ordinator Provide and regularly update a Termly W.Hazzard W.Hazzard to develop ‘Better Ways to School Notice Board informing parents and travel to school notice board children how they can improve their journey to school and promoting events in the locality and what measures the school is undertaking to promote ‘Better Ways to School’ Promote walking to school Ongoing Parents Promote Walking to school through various activities in school with an activity Staff timetabled for each term.

Promote car sharing Ongoing Parents Promote car sharing through newsletter to parents and between staff on termly basis. Staff

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7.5 Additional Targets/Actions taken by the school

Measure Time scale Action by Notes

Set up and sustain a school Meet on a Termly W. Hazzard Headteacher to co-ordinate meetings involving children/parents/staff and governor travel plan working party with Basis representative in working party. annual monitoring and review

Encourage children to wear Autumn Term Learning Look into purchasing a new school bag for the children made from a fluorescent high visibility jackets on Mentor material for the beginning of the Autumn Term which will be given to the children. walking journeys in the dark The school council children have stated that they would rather do this than wear the high visibility jackets. Promote the travel plan in Half termly W.Hazzard Head teacher to hold an assembly each half term to promote better ways of getting school assemblies, induction to school; this should fit in with the school’s activity for this each term. days and the school prospectus

In consultation with the Winter Months Secretary/ Secretary/Headteacher to write to the council prior to the winter months to ask for county council about gritting Headteacher the gritting to take place around the school. This will be followed up with a phone call reinforcing the need during the winter months

Incorporate and integrate Termly All staff The school has a number of programs already in place to promote a healthy lifestyle, sustainable and healthy travel Pupils the encouraging of the children in a program of improving the ways the children get issues in the curriculum Parents to school will become an integrated part of that process. The school has just been reaccredited for ‘Healthy School Status on 1.4.09

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8 Review of targets

This Travel Plan will be a working document and will be reviewed and updated annually every half term by the head teacher and the working group. Any review shall be planned to commence before the action plan has run its course to guard against inactivity. The next review will be in summer term 2009. The school will complete the survey annually in September to assess any modal shift which may have occurred. Integration of the STP into the school development/improvement plan is the most effective way to ensure the plan is sustained (attach relevant section of SDP/SIP if applicable).

Survey Results

How do you travel to and from school? Bus Car/Van Car Share Cycling Rail Walk Total Date of no. of survey pupils No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Baseline:2008 46 0 0 17 37 4 9 0 0 0 0 25 54

Yearly Target % 0 30 15 0 0 55

Baseline:2009

Yearly Target %

Baseline:2010

Yearly Target %

Comments

The general trend in school is for the children to walk to school. Most of the children walk to school because they live in the surrounding area. There are only a small amount of children that travel to school by bus or car. This is due to the fact that a number of these children are ‘looked after’ children who have had to move from the immediate vicinity of the school to be looked after by another family member. This number may change significantly if the children were to be returned to their parent(s). Children who do travel to school by car generally ‘car share’ as they share transport with older siblings. As the number of children is quite insignificant and as there is a feasible reason for them to be transported to school it is difficult to change the statistics significantly.

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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 Cycle count Date of count after Cycle count before Implemented N/A

15 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 Year Year Year Year Year Activity Number Number Number Number Number Group Group Group Group Group Pedestrian training Whole 65 school

16 11 Comments and notes

Pedestrian Training March 2009

17 12 Signed agreement

Ellenborough and Ewanrigg Infant School agrees to this School Travel Plan, to undertake its objectives, and to review the Travel Plan on an annual basis. Any review shall be planned to commence before the action plan has run its course to guard against inactivity. 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 Head - teacher Name: Mrs. Wendy Hazzard

Signed:

Date: February 2009

Chair of Governors Name: Mrs. S. Chapman

Signed:

Date: February 2009

Area Engineer Name:

Signed:

Date:

BWTS Coordinator Name:

Signed:

Date:

Thank yo u

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

Mrs. W endy Hazzard – Head Teacher

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