Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary,

School Travel Plan

2010

At Our Lady & St. Patrick’s, we recognise Christ in everyone as we grow together in faith and love to serve the community.

Contents page

1. School details 3

2. Working party – to develop and implement the plan 9

3. Survey and route plotting carried out 10

4. Summary of transport and road safety problems 12

5. Working party recommendations for action 13

6. Targets – specific % targets for modal shift by yearly review date 13

7. Action plans 14

8. Review of targets 20

9. Cycle Count 20

10. Monitoring training 21

11. Comments and notes 22

12. Signed agreement 23

2 1 School details

DCSF school reference number 909 3410

Type of school Catholic Primary School

Number on roll (including no. of SEN pupils 147 (1 pupil with SEN, 12 at School Action Plus and 18 at School with a brief description of subsequent impact on travel) Action). Number of staff (It is highly recommended that a supplementary 15 Travel Plan for staff and other school users is developed) Age range of pupils 3-11

School contact details

Head teacher Jacqueline Hampson Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School Address Ennerdale Road Maryport Postcode CA15 8HN Telephone number 01900 812582 Fax 01900 810737 Email address office@st-pat-maryport..sch.uk

Website N/A

Working group contact

Name Jacqueline Hampson

Address Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School

Telephone number 01900 812582 Email address [email protected]

School situation and use Description of school Our Lady and St Patrick ’s School is located on Ennerdale Road in the Ewanrigg area of Maryport, Cumbria. Maryport is a coastal town located close to the . The town history is mainly connected to the shipping industry in association with its harbor. The school is located on Ennerdale Road, in a residential area, close to the town’s hospital and the Grasslot Industrial Estate. Ewanrigg Junior School is located close to Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School and shares the same access road off Ennerdale Road. The school catchment area is mainly from within Maryport, although some children travel from neighbouring towns and villages such as Siddick, Great Broughton, and Crosby Villa. See post code plot in Appendices. Pupils usually go on to attend Netherhall Sports College in Maryport or St Joseph’s Catholic High School in Workington.

3 Use The school has its own car park for use by staff only. There is room for 18 cars in the car park. There are issues with parents using the car park to drop children off and pick them up at the beginning and end of the school day – including parents from the neighbouring Ewanrigg Junior School.

The school also has two playgrounds and a garden. There are 2 pedestrian entrances to the school and one vehicle entrance to the school car park. One of the pedestrian entrances is via the school car park.

Core school times are 8.45am-3.00pm and after school clubs run from 3.00pm to 6.00pm on week days. Before and after school clubs include Wraparound and Breakfast Club. Other uses of the school include community access for a gardening club each Tuesday lunchtime. The school is also involved in the Healthy Schools programme and has been re-accredited.

Map of Maryport

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Location map of Our lady and St Patrick’s School in Maryport

Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary Ewanrigg Junior School

Entrance to both Schools

One-way

Base map sourced: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=maryport%2C+cumbria&countryCode=GB#map=54.7153,- 3.49365|16|32&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:54.7153:-3.4946:13|maryport,%20cumbria|Maryport,%20Cumbria 5

Transport Links (include photos where possible) Car routes Children who are brought to school by car travel from outlying villages and widespread directions throughout Maryport. Ennerdale road is a one way, narrow residential street with cars parked along it. Ewanrigg Road which provides a link on to Ennerdale Road has some traffic calming measures on it. There is a lot of congestion on Ennerdale Road at the beginning and end of the school day and some parents drive in to the schools car park to drop children off and turn – including parents from Ewanrigg Junior School. School times have been changed to a 15 minutes difference between Our Lady and St Patrick’s School and Ewanrigg Junior School to ease congestion slightly. Parents parking in the School car park is a big issue and we have tried ways to address this including letters to parents, as well as from the police but this makes no difference.

Walking/cycling routes The main walking and cycling routes to School are from within Maryport and can be viewed in the route plotting maps in the appendices.

School Bus routes There is no dedicated school bus running to or from the school.

SEN transport needs One pupil comes to school in a taxi, which is allowed into the car park.

Public Transport Rail links The nearest railway station is located in Maryport, a fairly short distance from the school. Details of timetables are included in the appendices.

6 Public bus routes

The bus services which operate in close proximity to the school are: Service 30/30A – Service 30 connects the school to Workington, Whitehaven and Thornhill. Service 57 – Service 57 provides connections within Maryport, Grasmere Terrace, Ellenborough and Ewanrigg. The nearest bus stop is on Ewanrigg Road. See appendices for bus timetables.

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Aims

• To improve safety on the journey to and from school. • To improve safety for pupils, their families, staff and visitors to school, when walking into the school grounds via the car park at all times of the day. • To improve road and personal safety awareness and equip pupils the knowledge and skills needed to walk and cycle safely and include elements of these in the curriculum. • To ease congestion caused by the two schools.

Objectives (linked to Action Plan – Section 7)

1. Set up a School Travel Plan Working Party (see action plan table 7.5). 2. Provide pedestrian and cycle training to pupils and encourage safe practices (7.1/7.4/7.5). 3. Investigate possible highways safety improvements in the vicinity of the school - Increase awareness of the school location, improve safety at the school entrance by providing pedestrian barriers (7.3). 4. Discourage parents from using the school car park at the beginning and end of the school day (7.2/7.4). 5. Include elements of sustainable transport and road safety in the curriculum (7.1). 6. Continue involvement in Walking Schemes such as Walk to School Week (7.4/7.5). 7. Investigate means for providing bicycle storage (7.2). 8. Make the School Travel Plan available to the School community (7.5). 9. Promote car sharing among staff where possible (7.4). 10. Annually monitor and review the School Travel Plan (7.5).

8 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 operators, Members of the local community.

Name Position Responsibility within working party Jacqueline Hampson Head Teacher Travel Plan Co -ordinator Jenny Wynne BWTS advisor Travel Plan support Kevin Cosgrove Highways Engineer (Capita) Highways advice/link Year 6 School Council Reps Pupil input Pupil input and links Nadine Walling Parent Parent link Carol Copley Governor Governor link

How were people consulted? (e.g. working party meetings, surveys of pupils and staff, newsletters) Appendix Name/position Subject/how the consultation took place Date no. Parents Questionnaire 07.01.10

Pupil online surveys On -line Surveys 12.10.09 E Staff online surveys Yrs 5 & 6 Route Plotting Exercise and discussion about journeys to 03.06.09 B school – summary map included in appendices. Initial meeting Initial meeting to discuss the school tr avel plan and 21.05.09 Better Ways to School ethos. Working party To discuss current school travel problems and identify 11.01.10 meetings possible initiatives to combat the problems

9 3 Surveys and route plotting carried out Baseline Data Survey How do you travel to school? Date of No. Bus Car/Van Car Share Cycling Rail Walk Taxi survey of Year (dd/m pupil No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No % No % m) s

2009 12/10 95 3 3 33 35 4 4 2 2 0 0 49 52 4 4

How would you like to travel to school? Date of No. Bus Car/Van Car Share Cycling Rail Walk Other Survey of Year (dd/m pupil No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % m) s 10. 37. 13. 26. 2009 12/10 67 3 4.5 7 3 4.5 25 9 18 2 3 4 3 4 9

Survey Notes Full s urvey results are included in the appendices and are summarized below : Pupils travel to school in the following way: • Bus – 3.2% (3) • Car/van – 34.7% (33) • Car Share – 4.2% (4) • Cycle – 2.1% (2) • Taxi – 4.2% (4) • Walk – 51.6% (49) Pupils travel home from school in the following way: • Bus – 3.2% (3) • Car/van – 27.4% (26) • Car Share – 4.2% (4) • Cycle – 2.1% (2) • Rail – 1.1% (1) • Walk – 62.1% (59) Pupils would like to travel to school in the following way: • Bus – 4.5% (3) • Car/van – 10.4% (7) • Car Share – 4.5% (3) • Cycle – 37.3% (25) • Rail – 13.4% (9) • Taxi – 1.5% (1) • Walk – 26.9% (18) • Other – 1.5% (1) Pupils would like to travel home from school in the following way: • Bus – 4.6% (3) • Car/van – 12.3% (8) • Cycle – 44.6% (29) • Rail – 7.7% (5) • Taxi – 1.5% (1) • Walk – 27.7% (18) • Other – 1.5% (1)

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Route Plotting (include photos where possible) Year Date of route plotting Year Groups No. of pupils

2009 3rd June 2009 at 1pm 5 & 6 15

Route Plotting Notes (e.g. comments made by pupils / any results found) Pupils plotted routes to and from school using large A1 sized maps of Maryport and commented on any particular areas or issues they had regarding the journey. The pupils that took part in the route plotting exercise were generally happy about their journey to school. Negative comments were as follows: 1. ‘The long journey’ 2. ‘Crossing the busy road’ 3. ‘The cars go very fast’

Notes The parent survey raised the following issues:

Parking near the school is very difficult but sometimes necessary when there are young children. Too many cars near the small entrance to both schools. Nowhere to park bikes if children cycle to school. Walking into school through the car park is very dangerous as many people drive in too quickly.

11 4 Summary of transport and road safety problems (Include photos where possible) The following transport and road safety problems were identified through consultation with parents, children and the school community through the methods shown in section 2.

• Parents driving in to the School car park are a danger for pupils accessing the school through the car park. Parents have been asked through letters, including from the police not to enter the car park but this has not made a difference. • Poor driver awareness of the school location. • Congestion at the beginning and end of the day. • Lack of cycle storage. • The turning circle at the bottom of school is very dangerous. • There is no safe cycle path to school • Traffic is too fast near school on the one way system • There is no safe place to cross the road near school.

What we already do (include photos where possible)

• We take part in the Annual Walk to School Week in May.

• Annual Cycle Training/cycling proficiency

• Pedestrian training

• Elements of road safety/sustainable travel in the school curriculum through our “University of Maryport” activities which focus on being responsible citizens

• Letters have been sent to parents regarding issues of safety for pupils in the School car park.

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5 Working party recommendations for action

• Investigate possible highways improvements in the vicinity of the school. See action plan table 7.3. • Provide pedestrian and cycle training. See action plan table 7.1. • Include road safety and sustainable travel elements in the curriculum. See action plan table 7.1. • Look in to re-designing the school car park to discourage parents from accessing it unnecessarily at the beginning and end of the school day. Continue to inform parents about the issues of safety around the school entrance. See action plan tables 7.2 and 7.4. • Look into ways of funding the provision of cycle storage. See action plan table 7.2. • Ensure parents are aware of availability of low cost cycle helmets through the BWTS website. See action plan table 7.4.

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

Year 2009

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

Bus 3% Sustain at 3% Car/Van 35% Decrease to 30% Car share 4% Increase to 8% Cycle 2% Increase to 4% Taxi 4% Sustain at 4% Walk 52% Increase to 53%

Notes

We would like to increase the number of Key Stage 2 pupils cycling to School. We have plans to improve the car park this summer to prevent any accidents or near misses caused by people driving in too quickly. We also plan to look in to setting up a walking bus as three of our parents said they were interested in leading one.

13 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

BWTS funded in Road Safety Summer Cycle Training year of Officer – annual See objective 2. Term travel plan Bridget Stanley completing

Road Safety Cycle Proficiency 11 02.04.09 Officer – 02.04.09 See objective 2. Bridget Stanley

BWTS funded in Road Safety Pedestrian training 43 year of 09.12.09 Officer – 09.12.09 See objective 2. travel plan Bridget Stanley completing Road safety and sustainable travel All teaching Ensure whole school involvement and awareness of issues. All School All School n/a ongoing ongoing links in the staff See objective 5. curriculum

Autumn Road and personal Community All School All School None term Y1, Y2 May 2010 See objective 5. safety talks Police Officer and Y4

School council to discuss an element of travel at meetings to Discussion of travel January ensure that any issues are highlighted. School Council issues by School All School All School n/a School Council January 2010 2010 representatives were also involved in the STP Working Council Party. See objective 5.

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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

Look into ways of To provide a means of storage for those children who do travel to providing cycle To be costed July 2010 J Hampson November 2010 school by bicycle. Look in to possible funding sources. See objective storage 7. Improvements to the school car park to Parents are asked not to enter the school car park for safety issues, discourage parents Currently Summer term J Hampson with Day August 2010 but continue to do so despite letters from the school. See objective from entering it at the being costed 2010 Cummins architects 4. beginning and end of the school day

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7.3 Long term Road engineering targets – approved and funded by the BWTS physical measures budget Cost will be included if Action by e.g. Date approved Completed? Notes/success criteria and risks, including links to Measure approved by Time scale traffic by CCC engineer (month/year) objectives/targets and issues previously identified Capita engineer Engineer

Signing from Ewanrigg Road – 2 Direction £1100 Signs including posts, School to be Autumn 2010 – foundations, traffic Kevin Raise awareness of the School location (Jointly with notified if School to be management etc, 1 on Cosgrove Ewanrigg Junior School). See objective 3. funding notified of date Ewanrigg Road, 1 on agreed Ennerdale Road. Total cost each approx £550

Signing on Ennerdale Road - Remove existing sign and post and replace with new £800 sign and post on School to be Autumn 2010 – Kevin Raise awareness of the School location (Jointly with yellow backing board notified if School to be Cosgrove Ewanrigg Junior School). See objective 3. at new more suitable funding notified of date location. Also add agreed “SLOW ” to road adjacent to sign.

Pedestrian Guardrail - 2 sections of Guardrail at locations discussed £4000 in meeting with K School to be Autumn 2010 – To improve safety at school entrance (Jointly with Ewanrigg Kevin Cosgrove, Ewanrigg notified if School to be Junior School). A child was clipped by a car at the School Cosgrove Junior and J Hampson, funding notified of date entrance in 2009. See objective 3. on approach to school. agreed Rough length 40m.

16 7.3 Long term Road engineering targets – measures put forward for other council funding Cost will be included if Action by e.g. Date approved Completed? Notes/success criteria and risks, including links to Measure approved by Time scale Council by CCC engineer (month/year) objectives/targets and issues previously identified County Council

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7.4 Promotional/Publicity Targets

Measure Time scale Action by Notes

Termly through The online survey completed by pupil showed that only 49.1% of pupils that own a bicycle Promote and make available low School Newsletters – J Hampson wear cycle helmets. Ensure that children are encouraged to wear a cycle helmet, including for cost cycle helmets beginning Summer School Council use outside of school travel, and ensure that cost is not a barrier to doing so. Include term 2010 promotion in the School Newsletter. See objective 2.

Continue to take part in annual The school has been involved in the Walk To School Week for a number of years. See objective May 2010 J Hampson Walk to School Week 6.

Encourage staff to car share Summer Term 2010 Governors Some staff expressed interest in car sharing through the online survey. See objective 9. where possible

Termly through Continue to promote safe parking School Newsletters J Hampson Continue to promote safe parking practices to parents in School Newsletter, School Transport practices by parents beginning Summer Governors Policies. See objective 4. Term 2010

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7.5 Additional Targets/Actions taken by the school

Measure Time scale Action by Notes

Set up a school travel plan To discuss travel issues and identify possible initiatives/ways forward. Ensure the travel plan is January 20100 J Hampson working party an active document which is continually added to/reviewed as required. See objective 1.

Review and update the travel To guard against inactivity of the travel plan. Ensure discussion of travel issues with Ewanrigg July 2011 J Hampson plan on an annual basis. Junior School. See objective 10.

Upload travel plan on to BWTS BWTS – J July 2010 To make travel plan available to school community. See objective 8. website Wynne

Look in to setting up a walking A number of parents expressed interest in leading a walking bus through the parental survey. September 2010 J Hampson bus This can also contribute to encouraging safe practices. See objective’s 2 and 6.

19 8 Review of targets

This Travel Plan will be a working document and will be reviewed and updated annually 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 July 2011.

The school will complete the survey annually 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 Taxi Walk Total Date of no. of survey pupils No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Baseline:2009 12/10 95 3 3 33 35 4 4 2 2 4 4 49 52 Yearly Target % 3 30 8 4 4 53 Baseline:2010 Yearly Target % Baseline:2011 Yearly Target %

Comments

9 Cycle Count The school shall 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 12.10.09 2

20 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 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Year Year Year Year Year Activity Number Number Number Number Number Group Group Group Group Group Cycling Proficiency 11

Playground Cycle Skills Training

Pedestrian Training 43

21 11 Comments and notes

List of appendices:

A – Postcode plot

B – Route plotting summary maps

C – Train timetables

D – Bus timetables

E – Pupil and staff online survey results

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12 Signed agreement

Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary 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 in July 2011 .

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: Jacqueline Hampson

Signed: J Hampson

Date: 23.03.10

Chair of Governors Name: Neil McNicholas

Signed: N McNicholas

Date: 23.03.10

Area Engineer Name:

Signed:

Date:

BWTS Coordinator Name: Jenny Wynne

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: Jacqueline Hampson 23