School Street

As this is a council initiative, please direct any questions or comments to this email address and not the school:

schoolstreets@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Making Invicta Road Safer For Children

At Invicta we are delighted that the Royal Borough of Greenwich has decided to make Invicta Road a School Street. We believe it contributes to our children's safety and reduces immediate pollution around the school.

It is also important to be aware that emergency services and blue badge holders have right to access and although residents have been encouraged to limit vehicular movement when the School Street is in operation, they are permitted to access or leave if necessary, which they arrange with the school. Therefore it is extremely important to remain vigilant when using the road as traffic may still be present.

As part of our work to encourage safe, active and sustainable travel to school, Greenwich Council is working in partnership with schools to create School Streets. A School Street is closed to motor vehicles at drop-off and pick-up times.

Coronavirus (Covid -19) emergency School Street closures

The need to maintain social distancing for the foreseeable future and the reduced capacity of public transport will have a profound influence on how we travel as lockdown restrictions are eased. Greenwich Council are planning to accommodate a significant increase in cycling and walking.

As well as working on major improvements to town centres and other key locations, the aim is to ensure pupils have space to walk, cycle and social distance safely as they return to school. To help us do this we are rapidly expanding our School Streets programme.

Greenwich council is working with these schools to create new emergency School Street closures:

School	Roads involved	Start date
Charlton Manor Primary	Indus Road and Nigeria Road	Monday 15 June
Invicta Primary	Invicta Road and Siebert Road	Monday 6 July
Wyborne Primary	Ivor Grove, between the junctions with Footscray Road and Castleford Avenue	To be agreed with the school following their phased reopening

Benefits of School Streets

School Street is closed to motor vehicles at drop-off and pick-up times which makes the road safer and less polluted for children and parents walking, cycling and scooting to school.

This is an important part of cleaning up the Royal Borough's air, particularly where it affects children. Not using a car to take or collect children from school will:

encourage more exercise, which will help reduce child obesity
reduce congestion around schools at peak times
reduce road traffic collisions

How School Streets works

School Streets become pedestrian and cycle-only zones during term time at:

8am to 9:30am
3pm to 4pm

During these times the road, or sections of the road, is closed to motor vehicles by collapsible bollards operated by the school.

School staff are available to allow access for emergency vehicles and blue badge holders. Residents who live on a School Street are encouraged to avoid coming and going during the closures but should contact the school for access in emergencies.

New School Streets are controlled by experimental Traffic Regulation Orders which allow us to trial the scheme, to see how well it works. This gives local residents, parents and pupils the chance to help us improve the way they work.