1 1 1 School details Name of school Wiggonby School DfES school reference no. 909 3324 Type of school Primary Number on roll 41 Number of staff 10 (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 E.E.Daly Address Wiggonby CE Primary School, Wiggonby, Wigton, Cumbria Postcode CA7 OJR Telephone number 016973 42572 Fax 016973 42572 Email address [email protected] Website www.wiggonby.cumbria.sch.uk Working group contact Name E.E.Daly Address (if different to above) as above Telephone number as above Email address as above School situation and use 1 1 2 2 Description of school locality/ catchment area Wiggonby is a small village in the Parish of Aikton, near Wigton. Situated on the Solway Plain Wiggonby It is approximately 9 miles west of Carlisle and 5 miles to the north east of Wigton. See appendix 1.1 The Watchtree Nature Reserve is situated to the north east of the village between Wiggonby and Great Orton. We are predominantly a rural area and have a significant amount of farming traffic passing through the village. There are no shops in the village. Appendix 1.2 shows the location of the School within the village . Our catchment area is a widespread rural one with no useful public transport links, there is one bus between Wigton and Carlisle on a Saturday morning, returning mid afternoon. This causes a high dependency on individual car ownership in the area, resulting in high levels of parent transport. Because of the distribution of homes, it is difficult for parents from the rural area to share transport. See appendix 1.3 - the location of responses to the Parent’s survey No pavements exist in the village and this makes it unsafe for pedestrians.We do not have a thirty mile per hour speed limit therefore the potential for accidents is ever present. The school entrance is adjacent to a sharp bend in the road and for a number of years, for safety reasons, a one way system, along a private lane with the owners permission, has been in operation for vehicles dropping off or collecting children from school. Facilities (e.g. playground, car park, sports hall, 1.There is a staff car park, with 7 spaces for vehicles. community centre) 2.Hard play area with markings for netball. Various floor and wall games. 3.Field which is marked out for a variety of games activities. Number of entrances 2 vehicle entrances + 1 pedestrian vehicle/pedestrian Core school times 8.45am-3.00pm School staff will supervise the pupils on site from 8.35am-3.30pm. Other uses (e.g. extra curricular/community School clubs after school from 3.00pm-4.00pm. Monday, Wednesday, access) Thursday, Friday. Aims This Travel Plan specifically aims at reducing car journeys to and from school, and reducing/preventing casualties on these journeys. *To improve road and personal safety awareness. *To equip pupils with the knowledge and skills needed to walk, cycle and use public transport(where available) safely. *To engender a responsible attitude, shared by all members of the school, community towards safety of themselves and others using the roads and various modes of transport, both locally and further afield *To increase awareness among pupils staff and parents about the environment, safety, health and social consequences of their travel choices (where such choices realistically exist). *To minimise the negative environmental inputs of school travel by seeking to increase the number of staff and pupils travelling sustainably to school. 2 2 3 3 Objectives (see notes for examples) Wiggonby Working Group after looking at the survey results (pupils, staff and parents) and information brought to the Working Group Meetings agreed the following objectives: *Integrate sustainable and healthy travel issues into the curriculum including: a). Safe route planning in geography. (1) b). Surveys of traffic and transport usage via maths and ICT. (1) c). Looking at health and safety issues in PSHE. (1) d). Teaching children how to use timetables and plan routes both locally and for travel further afield. Using information collated to plan travel for school journeys. (1) *Provide cycle training. (1) *Provide pedestrian training. (1) *Keep parents well informed via school news letters and school website.(1) *Engourage walking and cycling by: a). Investigating the need and viability of a parents shelterand cycle storage (8) b). Providing a safe marked walk route through the parking area to the school exit. (7) *Promote an improved environment for walking and cycling in the vicinity of the school, in the villages of Wiggonby and Aikton and the routes linking them. (2,3,4,5,6) *Have priority measures in place for school transport operators.(9) Numbers in brackets indicate links to the working party reccommendations for action. 3 3 4 4 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 E.E.Daly - Headteacher - Main school contact, Foundation Stage Co-ordinator Betty Franklin- BWTS Capita contact - Advice & route plotting Ed Noble/Andrew Butler - BWTS - Highways Advice M. Fleming - School Secretary. Mrs Moragh Slee - Provider of Cycling Proficiency and Pedestrian Training. Sharon Bowe - Governor, link to local community S.Little - Teacher / Governor Duncan Fairbairn & Stuart Moffatt Parish, County and District Councillors. Pat Ackred - Neighbourhood Development Officer, link to Community Travel Plan How were people consulted? (e.g. working party meetings, surveys of pupils and staff, newsletters) Initial meeting with BWTS Advisor May 2007. Working party meetings were held on 26.09.07 Meeting notes in appendix 2.1. Agenda item Governors’ meeting Parents’ survey - results fed into travel plan. Pupils and staff on-line survey September 2007. Monthly newsletters - all information transmitted to all members of school community, including Governors. Route Plotting with pupils September and October 2007 Student Council Meetings. 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 Sept 2007 41 26 65 11 27.5 3 7.5 How would you like to travel to and from school? Date of No. of Car Bus Car/Van Cycling Rail Walk Other Year Survey Pupils Share no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % no. % 2007 Sept 2007 28 11 39.3 3 10.7 7 25 6 21.4 1 3.6 4 4 5 5 Notes There are 41 pupils on role, those 29 from the years 3-6 and 11 from years 1-2 responded to the online survey. More than half the children use the school bus. Younger children found it hard to complete this survey without adult support. There in some interest from the children on cycling to school. The results of the route plotting (infants, juniors and staff) are attached in appendix 3.1 Route Plotting (Primary: Year 5 or Secondary: Year 7) Year Date of route plotting Year Groups No. of Pupils 2007 16.10.07 5 5 Route Plotting Notes (e.g. comments made by pupils / any results found) Children enjoyed the exercise and were interested in the results. They commented. 1. We haven’t got a bus service. 2. People probably come in cars because they don’t live near enough each other to travel together. 3. Wiggonby is the best place for our school because it is central to all of us and it would be more difficult to travel anywhere else as all the roads in this area are narrow and winding. 4. Pupils commented that they would like to bike to school if there was somewhere to put their bikes. 5. Pupils said they would cycle to school if the roads were wider and the traffic slowed down. Photos of us working on the route plotting are in apendix 3.2 Bus timetable route 39/39A is in appendix 3.3 Add any additional local information known to the school (e.g. where pupils travel in from, particularly if travelling in by bus) Notes 1. Transport is provided via the Local Authority for the children who live in the relevant part of the catchment area and meet the LA criteria. 2. Throughout the catchment area, there is no real public transport service. It is therefore impossible for children to travel to school using public transport. 3. Cycling to and from school is very dangerous as there is no cycle route in any part of the village, roads are narrow and, in most places, there is no pavement. This is further exacerbated by traffic speeding along the roads. In the last 4 years the have been two minor accidents, one in Aikton and one in Wiggonby - see appendix 3:4 4. Walking to school is very difficult because of the safety issues in the above. The Parent survey listed factors, in priority order, that affected their decision to let their child walk to school as: Vehicle speed reducing measures Safe Crossing facilities on busy roads Knowing that other children were also walking or cycling Knowing that there was an adult walking the same route to accompany some children More road safety education, cycle training for children.