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1 School details Name of school Flookburgh C E DfES school reference no. 909/5208 Type of school Primary (& Nursery) Number on roll 124 (there are no children with SEN.) Number of staff 19 (it is highly recommended that a supplementary Travel Plan for staff and other school users is developed) Age range of pupils 3 - 11 School contact details Head teacher Chris Brooksbank Address Winder Lane Postcode LA11 7LE Telephone number 015395 58434 Fax 015395 59071 Email address admin@flookburgh.cumbria.sch.uk Website none at present Working group contact Name Chris Brooksbank Address (if different to above) as above Telephone number 015395 58434 Email address admin@flookburgh.cumbria.sch.uk School situation and use Description of school locality/ catchment area A reasonably large rural village set on northern edge of Morecambe Bay. Catchment area from Flookburgh and surrounding villages of Cark, Holker, Grange, Allithwaite and Cartmel. There is no regular bus service and no railway station. Facilities (e.g. playground, car park, sports hall, Primary school & Nursery with playground and field community centre) Number of entrances 3 pedestrian, & 1 vehicle vehicle/pedestrian Core school times 9:00am to 3:15pm Other uses (e.g. extra curricular/community Football tuesdays 3.15 to 4.15pm, netball wednesday 3.15 to 4.15pm, access) craft club thursday 3.15 to 4.15
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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 contribute to pupils’ health and personal development by encouraging increased levels of walking and cycling so that they carry such habits into adulthood. *To equip pupils with the knowledge and skills needed to walk and cycle safely. *To increase the proportion of school journeys undertaken on foot and cycle. *To improve pupils general health and fitness levels. *To increase the number of pupils participating in road safety education. *To ro reduce congestion, pollution, traffic danger and road casualty figures around the school. *To increase awareness amongst pupils, staff and parents about the environmental, safety, health and social consequences of their travel choices. *To inform pupils, parents and teachers of the benefits of sustainable transport.
Objectives (see notes for examples) *Set up a School Travel Plan Working Group. *Start and support a walking bus. (See Action Plan for Additional Targets) *Provide pedestrian training. (see Action Plan for Education & Training Targets) *provide Cycling Proficiency training. (see Action Plan for Education & Training Targets) *Increase walking and cycling facilities. (see Action Plan for school based Engineering targets) *Give out a Driver’s Code of Practice to parents. (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 Mr Chris Brooksbank: Headteacher - Coordinator Mrs Pam Edmondson: BWTS adviser : travel plan advice Mr Ted Walsh: Cumbria County Councillor Working party member - Council adviser Matthew Lenney: Pupil : Working party member - Pupil representatives Jack Lambeth: Pupil : Working party member - Pupil representatives Chloe Owens: Pupil : Working party member - Pupil representatives Kayleigh Gudgeon: Pupil : Working party member - Pupil representatives Nicky Head: Pupil : Working party member - Pupil representatives
How were people consulted? (e.g. working party meetings, surveys of pupils and staff, newsletters) working party meeting held at school on 23/07/07, pupil survey carried out in Nov 07, parental survey carried out in Oct 07. Telephone calls, e-mails. The above consultation led to the completion of the travel plan.
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. % 2007 Nov 07 77 - 0% 19 25 2 3 3 4 - 0% 51 66 2 2
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. % 2007 Nov 07 54 2 4 3 5 1 2 24 45 3 5 18 34 3 5
Notes Many children have a combination of walk and drive, e.g. driving home is more common, and when wet. It is rare for children to share transport with children from other families. A number of children had some great ideas for how they would like to come to school - helicopter, hot air balloon, quad bikes, fire engine, etc..
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Route Plotting (Primary: Year 5 or Secondary: Year 7) Year Date of route plotting Year Groups No. of Pupils 2007 29th June 2007 years 4 & 5 30
Route Plotting Notes (e.g. comments made by pupils / any results found) The majority of children already walk to school, some travel by car. When asked what problems they perceive about their journey to school and what changes they would like to see implemented, the children came up with the following points: · Cars travel too fast and the children don’t consider many drivers to be observing the 20mph speed limit outside the school. · There are too many parked cars outside school and the children have to cross the road between parked cars. · The children would like to see Speed Indication Devices (SID’s) outside the school. · Some of the children walk to school via ‘The Square’ they think this is a dangerous area where cars travel at inappropriate speeds, don’t stop at junctions and don’t give enough consideration to pedestrians or cyclists. · There are multiple building projects taking place around the village at the moment and although all temporary, the children have raised a lot of individual concerns regarding their safety due to either the way these vehicles are parked or the manner in which they are being driven around the village. · Parents should be more considerate to residents and not park over driveways etc. · The children would like their parents to not use their mobile phones whilst driving. · Some of the children do not wear seatbelts in the car. · The children would like to make banners and artwork about road safety. · The children would like to set up a walking bus to school. · Dog mess and litter are a problem and more bins and signs are needed. The bins also need to be emptied more frequently. · Clearer more prominent ‘School’ signs are needed. School flashing warning lights were also mentioned. · The children would like to do cycle training in year 5. · Children from Ravenstown think that Jutland Avenue is too dangerous for them to cross alone. · Some of the children would like to cycle to school and they would like a cycle shelter to store their cycles in at school. · Numerous children have complained that teenagers from Cartmel Secondary School gather near the village hall and swear and shout insults at the children when they go past. · There are no street lights in the village. · The path at the side of school is full of potholes and is very overgrown. There seems to be confusion over whether it is a footpath or a road as cars are using it at present. · At the junction of Maine Street and Winder Lane the children cannot see to cross the road because of parked cars. · A Cravendale milkwagon regularly goes too fast down Winder Lane.
Add any additional local information known to the school (e.g. where pupils travel in from, particularly if travelling in by bus)
Notes Some children travel along some dangerous sections of road, (narrow, windy, over difficult bridges and without footpaths). No children regularly use a bus or train as ther is no railway station in the village and no local bus service.
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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The following issues were raised during the sessions listed in section 2. Flookburgh School is situated on one of the main roads through the village of Flookburgh cars travel too fast and the children don’t consider many drivers to be observing the 20mph speed limit outside the school. There are too many parked cars outside school and the children have to cross the road between parked cars. Parents also use the school’s large entranceway to turn around in when dropping their children at school. - See Action Plan for Long term road engineering targets. Some of the children walk to school via ‘The Square’ they think this is a dangerous area, it is narrow and there are always parked cars, cars travel at inappropriate speeds, don’t stop at junctions and don’t give enough consideration to pedestrians or cyclists. There are multiple building projects taking place around the village at the moment and although all temporary, the children have raised a lot of individual concerns regarding their safety due to either the way these vehicles are parked or the manner in which they are being driven around the village. Clearer more prominent ‘School’ signs are needed. School flashing warning lights were also mentioned. - See Action Plan for Long term road engineering targets. Children from Ravenstown think that Jutland Avenue is too dangerous for them to cross alone and they would like a crossing point at the junction. - See Action Plan for Long term road engineering targets. There are no street lights in the village. The bridle path at the side of school is full of potholes and is very overgrown. There seems to be confusion over whether it is a footpath or a road as cars are using it at present. At the junction of Maine Street and Winder Lane the children cannot see to cross the road because of parked cars, the children would like a crossing point at this junction.- See Action Plan for Long term road engineering targets.
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.
The Working Group has recommended the following action points:- * A walking bus to be set up in the Autumn term of 2007 from Ravenstown to school picking up at set points along the route. (See Action Plan for additional targets) * The issue of the Bridlepath is to be discussed with the owner, re - improvements to the surface, cutting the hedge and the possibility of collapsible bollards to stop vehicles. * Estimates to be obtained for playground markings on a road safety theme. (See Action Plan for School based engineering targets) * Estimates to be obtained for a cycle storage shelter. (See Action Plan for School based engineering targets) * A copy of a Drivers Code of Practice to be given out to parents and possibly passers by also. (See Action Plan for additional targets) * Young Cumbria to be contacted re involvement with bullying issues in the village. * The possibility of crossing points on the walking bus route at Jutland Ave and also at the junction of Main Street and Winder Lane, to be discussed with the Area Engineer. (See Action Plan for long term road engineering targets) * School Flashing Warning lights, SIDS and other traffic calming measures were discussed, to be raised with the Area Engineer. (See Action Plan for long term road engineering targets) * The possibility of changing the pavement and/or driveway entrance layout to stop drivers using it as a turning point to be discussed with Area Engineer. (See Action Plan for long term road engineering targets)
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6 Targets - specific % targets for modal shift by yearly review date
Year 2007 Baseline Data i.e. Target percentage Mode of Travel original survey % for following year Bus 0% sustain at 0% Car/Van 25% decrease to 19% Car Share 3% increase to/sustain at 5% Cycle 4% increase to 4% Rail 0% increase to/sustain at 0% Walk 66% increase to/sustain at 70%
Notes Bus and Rail are not an option as these are not available in the village. Cycling for younger children can only happen with parental guidance and supervision. We intend to reach the targets by encouraging 1 more child to join in car sharing and it is hoped that with the start of the walking bus 2 more children will walk on the bus rather than travel by car. This in turn will reduce car travel by 6%.
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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 Cyclewise 4 12 12/11/07 Cyclewise ltd Basic cycle training provided and children presented with certificates Pedestrian Training Skills 3 & 4 24 mar 08 Mr Hanson, Road Safety Officer Education and training in road safety to encourage child personal responsibility Cycling Proficiency training 5 & 6 24 may 08 Mr Hanson, Road Safety officer Successful candidates will recieve nationally recognised certificates and badges Road Safety dinner R - 6 43 8.11.07 School kitchen Provided road safety reminder cards with meal . . . . .
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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) Cycle Storage £1000 september 07 Mr Brooksbank To compare prices and decide if required, if so to advise accordingly to next Working Group meeting Playground road markings £1000 september 07 Mr Brooksbank To compare prices and decide if required, if so to advise accordingly to next Working Group meeting
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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) Measures to improve the safety at the entrance to school £5000 nov2008 John Bell John Bell to advise on best solution to stop cars turning in driveway and thus make entrance into school safer for pedestrians. John Bell has advised against changing the school entrance. Crossing point at junction of Main Street and Winder Lane £2500 nov 2008 John Bell John Bell to advise on cost & viability of a crossing point. BWTS have agreed to fund this scheme Crossing point at junction of Jutland Avenue and Winder £2500 nov 2008 John Bell John Bell to advise on cost & viability of a crossing point. Lane BWTS have agreed to fund this scheme Clearer more prominent School signs with Flashing warning £2000 nov 2008 John Bell John Bell to advise of cost. John Bell has bee asked to score lights this scheme and place it in the County Programmme.
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7 Action Plan Promotional / Publicity targets (e.g. newsletters) Measure Date Action by Notes & comment Cycle reminder / requests for parent volunteers Sept / Oct School Reminder about routine e.g. road safety, outside school parking, speed limit, cycling for children - in total of three newsletters
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Additional targets / action taken by school (e.g. walking bus, walk to school week, increase car sharing) Actions / Activities Date Action by Notes & comment Drivers Code Of Practice July 07 Mrs Edmondson To educate drivers in parking etiquette Walking Bus, -Letter to Ravenstown parents, names & volunteers Nov 07 Mr Brooksbank Route Risk Assessed Reflective jackets/bins ordered Walking bus stickers ordered CRB checking to be completed
WOW Nov 07 CB & Children Assembly reminding about safe routes and care on roads Encourage walking, class records and individual record cards.
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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 Nov 07 77 77 0% 19 25 2 3 3 4 - 0% 51 66 Yearly target % - 0% 16 19 3 5 3 4 - 0% 53 70 Baseline Nov 08 Yearly target % Baseline Nov 09 Yearly target %
9 Cycle count
Cycle Count Date of count Measure Date of count Cycle count Cycle count before Implemented after 9.11.07 zero New cyle racks
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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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Activity (e.g. Yeargroup Number Yeargroup Number Yeargroup Number Yeargroup Number Yeargroup Number cycling proficiency) Walking bus Risk Assessment July 07 staff 2 Cyclewise Nov 07 4 13 Walking Bus started all 5
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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.
During route plotting with the children concerns were raised over the speed of a ’Cravendale’ milk wagon which travels regularly along Winder Lane. Pam Edmondson, Better Ways to School Advisor spoke to Simon Cadwalader (contact no 01133827000) of Cravendale Dairies on July 3rd 2007. Mr Cadwalader was very helpful and said it was a regular driver on that route and he would deal with the matter. The school is just in the process of starting a walking bus to school every morning from Ravenstown. This is why they have asked about a crossing point at the junction of Winder Lane and Jutland Avenue as the Walking bus will need to cross the children at this junction. This is a very busy junction as Jutland Ave is the main way out of the Ravenstown estate onto Winder Lane towards Flookburgh, there are parked cars, driveways and small side streets feeding onto Jutland Ave close to the junction with Winder Lane, all of which contribute towards making the road quite difficult to cross at peak times. A copy of the parental consent form and the risk assessment for the walking bus are attached. Concerns have also been raised regarding the pathway next to the school nobody seems sure who owns the land and what sort of path it is, most seem to think it is a bridleway, but others drive down it in vehicles. Efforts are underway to find and consult with the owner regarding the surface, the hedges and the possibility if it is a bridleway of stopping vehicle using it as a short cut. The pupils completed their survey on the www.bwts.net website, as part of this survey all pupils postcodes were recorded. The pupils will be resurveyed in November 2008.
12 Signed agreement
b Flookburgh C E 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: Chris Brooksbank
Signed:
Date: 9.11.07
Chair of Governors Name: Sharon wilson
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Date:
Director / Deputy Director of Highways Name:
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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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