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School Travel Plans aim to reduce the number of trips made to and from the school by car.

Traffic congestion and traffic pollution are increasing and the Council is committed to finding ways of decreasing the use of the private car and making our roads safer for children and our environment cleaner.

By developing a Travel Plan schools are encouraged to identify and solve problems associated with the school journey.A School Travel Plan provides one solution to these problems. For further information please email travel.awareness@rbk.kingston.gov.uk or call 020 8547 5865.

What is a School Travel Plan?

A  School Travel Plan:-

• is a package of practical measures to reduce the use of private cars to and from school
• encourages parents, pupils, teachers and visitors to travel to and from school in safer, healthier and more environmentally sustainable ways
• encompasses all the issues relevant to journeys for parents, pupils, staff and visitors
• includes concerns about safety and health, and proposals for ways to make improvements.
  

Travel Plan actions range from cycle promotions or training to providing cycle parking, from Green Cross Code lessons to building a new Pelican crossing.

Did you know?: The Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Transport have set a National target for all schools to have a Travel Plan by 2010. The Mayor of London has set this target for 2009.

 

Who has a School Travel Plan?

A School Travel Plan must meet criteria set by the department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Department for Transport (DfT).
If a plan meets these criteria a senior officer in both Education and Transport signs off the plans on behalf of the Royal Borough of Kingston.

The following schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston already have or are currently working on a Travel Plan:-

Alexandra Infants	Green Lane	St Agatha's Primary
Canbury School	Kingston Grammar	St.Mary's
Christ Church CE Primary	Knollmead	St Matthew's Primary
Coombe Hill Infant & Junior	Latchmere Junior	Surbiton Childrens Nursery
Coombe Girls' School	Malden Manor	Surbiton High School
Hollyfield School	Maple Infants	Tiffin Girls' School
FernHill	Richard Challoner	Tolworth Girls
Grand Avenue	St.Andrews&St.Marks	Tolworth Infant & Junior

Burlington Infants	Chessington Community College	Coombe Boys
Corpus Christie	Lovelace Primary	Malden Parochial
The Mount	St.Johns Primary	St.Josephs Primary
St.Lukes Primary	St.Pauls Primary	Latchmere Infants
King Athelstan

Royal Borough of Kingston now has 62% of it's schools with an approved Travel Plan in 2007

The new Transport for London Accreditation Scheme

The new accreditation scheme was launched at TfL's London wide School Travel Plan conference in April 2007

The accreditation scheme aims to raise the profile of a school’s Travel Plan, to give it official recognition, certification of meeting the DfES standards and to attribute quality.

There are three levels of accreditation which have a colour scheme similar to Gold, Silver and Bronze, these are as follows: -

• Sustainable level – lasts for 1 year
• High standard level – lasts for 2 years
• Outstanding level – lasts for 3 years

Schools that qualify for each level will receive a certificate and plaque for your foyer and you will able to use the logo/kitemark on all correspondence.

Applications for the 2007 accreditation awards are now closed.

If you have any questions or would like any assistance in completing the application form, please contact the Road Safety and Travel Awarness Unit on 020 8547 5865 or go direct to the accreditation website on the external link immediately below

Kingston Schools successfully accredited with the sustainable award in 2007 are as follows: -

• Burlington Infants
• Coombe Boys
• King Athelstan
• Green Lane Primary
• Our Lady Immaculate
• St.Lukes Primary
• Lovelace Primary
• Tolworth Infants

Kingston Schools successfully accredited with the higher standard award in 2007 are as follows: -

• Fernhill Primary